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VOLUME XL, 1880. 




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SAMUEL. S. PURPLE, 
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INDEX TO SUBJECTS. 



Anniversary Address before the New York .Genealogical and Biographical Society, 
February 27, 1880, by Genl. James Grant Wilson, loi. 

Baptisms in the First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, 29. 

" in the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New Y-ork, 34, 137. 
" in St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. I., 47, 88, 133. 
Bergen, Hon. Teunis G. Contributions to" the History of the Early Settlers of Kings 

Co., N. Y., 62, 159. 
Biography of Robert Feake, by John J. Latting, 13. 

" of Henry Feake, by John J. Latting, 70. 

" of Commodore Hull, by James Grant Wilson, loi. 

" Homer Crane Blake, 147. 

" Solomon Townsend, 148. 

" Rev. John Moore, by Charles B. Moore, 5, 93. 

'• Capt. John Seaman, by Charles B. Moore, 149. 
Births and Baptisms in the Records of the First and Second Presbyterian Churches in 

New York City, 29, 83. 
Birth Records of Rahway and Plainfield, N. J., Friends' Monthly Meetings, 42. 
Blake, Capt. Homer C. , Biography of, 147. 
Brookhaven, L, I., Wills, Abstract of, by Joseph H. Petty, 24. 

Delafield, M. L., Notice of Smith Family, 98. 

Feake Family, Genealogical Fragments relating to, by John J. Latting, 12, 70. 

" Robert, Biographical Sketch of, by John J. Latting, 13. 

" Henry, Biographical Sketch of, by John J. Latting, 70. 
Frost, William, Notice of Family of, by John J. Latting, 169. 

Genealogies, Notices of, 52, 99, 100, 169, 182. 

Genealogy of the Adams Family, Notice of, 181; Bartow Family, Notice of, 100; 
Briggs Family, Notice of, 98 ; Cogiiill Family, Notice of, 52 ; Durye Family, 
Genealogy of, 62 ; Farwell Family, Notice of, 99 ; Hastings Family, Notice of, 
181 ; Loomis Family, Notice of, 146; Mowry Family, Notice of, 99; Russell 
Family, Notice of, 100; Seymour Family, Genealogy of, 116; Smith-Hett 
Family, Notes on, 145 ; Terhune Family, Genealogy of, 169 ; Williams Family, 
Notice of, 100. 

Genealogical Fragments, by J. J. Latting, 12, 70, 169. 

Hempstead, Annals of, 1632-1832, by Henry Onderdonk, Notice of, 181. 

Kicks, Benjamin D. Esq., Records of St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. I., 47, 88, 

133- 
Hull, Commodore, and the Constitution, by Genl. James Grant Wilson, loi. 

Jay, Elizabeth Clarkson, Pedigree of the Jay and Livingston Family, 1 14. 

" " Pedigree of the Clarkson and Rutherfurd Family, 156. 



Jv hidex to Subjects. 

Latting, John J., Genealogical Fragments of the Feake Family, 12, 70. 
«' " Memorial Sketch of Joel Munsell, Printer, 53. 

'♦ " Notice of the Frost Family, 169. 

Marriages in the First and Second Presbyterian Churches of New York City, 83, 120. 

" in the Reformed Dutch Church of the City of New York, 75, 125, 172. 

Moore, Charles B. , Sketch of the Life of Rev. John Moore, 5, 93. 

'• " Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of Capt. John Seaman, 149. 

" Rev. John, Sketch of the Life of, by Charles B. Moore, 5, 93. 
Munsell, Joel, Memorial Sketch of, by John J. Latting, 63. 

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Anniversary Address before, by Genl. 
James Grant Wilson, loi. 

Notes on Books. — Report of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia for 
1878 and 1879, 52 ; Report and Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society 
for 1878, Vol. L, 52; The Family of Coghill, 1377 to 1879, with some Sketches 
of their Maternal Ancestors, the Slingsby'sof Scriven Hall, by James Henry Cog- 
hili, 52 ; The Archives of the Briggs Family, 98 ; Descendants of Nathaniel and 
Richard Mowry, 99 ; Farwell Ancestral Memorial, 99 ; The Williams Family, 
100 ; The Bartow Family, 99 ; The Descendants of John Rus?ell, 100 ; The His- 
tory of Redding, Conn.; 100; Administration of John De Witt, 146; Descend- 
ants of Joseph Loomis, by Elias Loomis, LL. D., 146; Lady Deborah Moody, 
147 ; Annals of Hempstead, 1643, 1832, 181 ; History of the Adams and Hastings 
Family, 182; Copy of the Poll Lists of 1761-1768, and 1769, 3 vols., 181. 

Notes and Queries. — Renaudet, 51 ; Schuyler, 51 ; Van Alstyn, 51 ; Kidd, 51 ; Sey- 
mour, 51; Shrieve, 51; Noble, 52; History of Harlem, 52; Van Horn, 52; 
Biography of Commodore Hull, 145 ; Munsell, 145 ; Smith, Hett, 145 ; Emer- 
son, 180 ; Drowne, i8o ; Mott Family, of L. L, 180 ; Street, 181 ; Van Brug, i8i ; 
West, 181. 

Pedigree of the Jay and Livingston Families, by Elizabeth Clarkson Jay, 1 14. 

" of the Clarkson and Rutherfurd Families, by Elizabeth Clarkson Jay, 156. 
Petty, Joseph H., Abstracts of Brookhaven, L. I., Wills, 24. 

Records of the First Presbyterian Church of New York City, 29. 

" of Rahway and Plainfield, N. J., Monthly Meetings of Friends, 42. 
" of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York, 34, 75, 125, 137, 172. 
" of Baptisms in St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. I. , by Benjamin D. Hicks, 
Esq., 47,88, 133. 

Seaman, Capt. John, Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of, 149. 
Smith Family, Joshua Hett, Joshua Hett Smith, by M. L. Delafield, 98. 

Talcott, Mary K., Genealogy of the Seymour Family, 116. 
Townsend, Solomon, Biographical Sketch of, 148. 

Wilson, James Grant, Anniversary Address before the New York Genealogical and 
Biographical Society, February 27, 1880, \o\. 



THE NEW YORK 



Vol. XI. NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1880. No. i. 



SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF REV. JOHN MOORE, OF 
NEWTOWN. 



By Charles B. Moore Esq. 



One of the early settlers of I.. I., known as John Moore, of Newtown, 
made his first appearance that can be traced, on Long Island, in April, 
1641, and he died in September, 1657. Between 1644 and 1649, ^.s near 
as the date can be estimated, he married Margaret Howell, who, it has 
been fairly conjectured, was the daughter of Edward Howell, then of 
Southampton, L. I. ; but we have seen no exact proof of it. 

Edward Howell, the first American of his name, b. about 1600, was a 
native of Marsh Gibbon, in the County of Buckingham, England, on the 
borders of Oxfordshire, within five miles of Bicester, where he sold land 
called the manor of Wesbury, in 1639, long possessed by his ancestors, but 
used as fighting ground in 1645. His father, as believed, was Henry; his 
wife was named Eleanor (or EUinor). She survived him, and was adminis- 
tratrix of his estate, October 6, 1655. She may not have been his first wife. 
He was at Lynn, Mass'^, on loth March, N. S., 1640, and perhaps earlier, 
having land there, and admitted a freeman of Mass'^ Colony, 14"' March, 
1639/40. He became the 2"* owner of a water-mill at Lynn (which he sold 
to John Elderkin). (Lewis's Lynn, 82). He associated with several oth- 
ers, who came from the same English county. 

There were other Howell's in Massachusetts, and one mar. Mary, dau. 
of William More, of Ipswich, before 1660. 

Margaret Howell, the wife of John Moore, of Newtown, survived him, 
and married (2*^) Francis Doughty, the son of the first minister of New- 
town, L. I., the Rev'^- Francis Doughty. She and her 2'^ husband will 
presently be further traced. 

John Moore and Margaret (Howell) had issue : 

II. I. Samuel, b. about 1645/51, but date uncertain ; and it is 

also uncertain whether he was the eldest son. 
** 2. John ; not well traced. 
" 3. Gershom. 

" 4. Joseph ; prob. youngest ; baptised after his father's decease. 
" 5. Elizabeth, who mar. Content Titus. 
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6 Sketch of the Life of Rev. John Moore, of Newtown. [Jan., 

The traces of this John Moore from the public records and publica- 
tions have to be placed in order of date, and the surrounding circumstan- 
ces noted to secure the fullest view we can of him. It appears he was m 
this country before the Rebellion broke out in Ireland, and he may have 
come from Northampton O", or from Norfolk or Suffolk, or Oxford L". 
We have to estimate his age, and suppose him born about 1620-25. 

At a town meeting in Southampton, L. I., on the 6"^ of April, 1641, 
four orders were made by the crudely organized democracy (or manor 
court) of that new settlement, which have been preserved, m " the first 
book of records" as printed in 1874, pp. 22 and 23. Their theme was, 
caution as to Indians. , „ • 1 j 

The first order was : " Yt is Ordered that noe man shall giue or lenrte 
"unto any Indian or Indians eyther gunnes, pistoUs or any other Instru- 
"ments of Warre, viz., powder, shott, Bullets, matches, swords, or any other 
" engine of warre whatsoeuer ; Upon payne of the forfeiture of his whole 
"personal estate found within the hmits of Southampton, and also to be 
"liable to the Censure of the Court for what corporall punishment they 
"shall thinke meet to inflict upon such like offenders." 

The 2^ order of same date was : " Yt is ordered that any person whatso- 
" ever hath any Lott or Lotts upon Shinecock playne in the which there are 
" any Indian Barnes or wells lying open, whereby cattle have or may take 
" hurte or harme, the owners or overseers of such Lotts shall fill up all 
" such Barnes and welles by the tenth day of this month, upon payne of 
«' payeing all such damage as arise by their neglect, and further to answer 
*' for theire contempt at the next Court." 

The " barnes " in other places have been called " cairns ;" " holes dug 
"in the earth and Uned with bark" or stones, " for the purpose of keeping 
" their corn during winter," or other articles at convenience. The land 
had been sold by the Indian chiefs*. It is probable that if any wells or 
cairns were valuable they might be safely covered over or curbed instead 
of being filled. But it was designed to prevent any Indian from again re- 
sorting there to use them. They were much like a modern rifle-pit. 

The 3d order, believed to be of the same date, Avas : "It is ordered 
" that there shall be three planteing lotts layed out, abutting upon the 
" little Common appertayneing vnto each of the forty eight Acres, viz : 
"to Henry Symonds, the first lott, to M^ Abraham Peirson the second 
"Lott, and to John Moore, the third lott ; yt being further ordered that 
" the persons above mentioned shall be at the charge of fencing the sayd 
"lotts, so much as they shall abutt vpon the little common.'" 

The remaining order, supposed of the same date was : " Yt is ordered 
" that M^ Howe is to have his plafiteing lott at the end of Allen Breades 
''planteing lott, and yt is to lye three acres in length,* and soe much^^ in 
" bredth as will make the lott to containe three score and four Acres ;" — 
{i. e., 64 acres, being 16 acres larger than others). 

These orders are the earliest and perhaps the most appropriate intro- 
duction of John Moore to our attention. They were connected with the 
idea of planting, building, and residing outside of the close village of 
Southampton, east of it. They will bear explanation and comment. 
" Planting lots " it seems were the largest lots granted. Originally the 
plan was to have "house lots " limited io four acres, and " planting lots " 
io twelve acres; the large parcels to be "farms." But as to the latter, 

* Perhaps 120 rods ; 4 rods wideband 40 long, being the ploughman's acre. 



i88o.] 'Sketch of the Life of Rev. John Moore, of Newtown, y 

the name seems to have been dropped, and all the larger plots called 
*' planting lots." 

" The little common " (if the local antiquarian guessed right) was the 
same as " the little plains," and lay at the south end of the main street of 
the village of Southampton, being bounded south by the beach, and as he 
supposes washed away. But it seems the one upon which the three plant- 
ing lots were to be abutted was another " little common.,'' appertaining to 
parcels of 48 acres before granted — as planting lots — not house or home 
lots. It may have lost its name, without being swept away by the ocean. 
It would be lost simply by being fenced in by private owners. We can- 
not identify it with " the little plain " that was divided by lottery in 165 1. 
Thomas Halsey had a parcel of 48 acres, not all laid out or fenced (p. 
44). Mr. Jones was to have 48 acres (p. 2,2,). By the taxing law after- 
ward applied, any land left open for common pasture {i. €., unfenced) 
was not taxed, and the early orders to fence compelled a man to fence 
only a small part of his land. In 1641, but little fence could have been 
made. The " home lots " were soon ordered fenced at each end, so that 
taken together the fence might enclose one large parcel for a village, and 
that might be defended. In 1643 it was agreed that " what shall be want- 
" ing when each man hath done his proportion " (as ordered) " the re- 
" mainder of the saved fence shall be done upon a common charge, and 
" that each man shall make and maintayne his fence." It seems to fol- 
low that the part of planting lots not ordered to be fenced, became — until 
fenced — a common "appertaining" to the lot, without interfering with a 
private ownership. A similar course was pursued in other places. It led 
to disputes. On 26 Oct, 1643, the "little common" was mentioned as 
one upon which some persons had a right to leave their cattle, and not others. 
M'. Henry Symonds did not remain as an inhabitant, and was admit- 
ted freeman of Boston in 1643. (Snow, Hist, of Bost., 124; Drake's do., 
278, etc.) In 1646 " Mr. Symonds " was reported at Southampton as one 
who had not paid taxes (First book of records, p. 53), and no other ac- 
count is given of him. It is probable he was a millwright. He seems, 
from being named first, that he had a prior claim or held a higher rank than 
Rev''. Mr. Pierson. But he was not employed. Mr. Howell built a mill 
and probably employed William Rogers. Mr. Pierson was from York- 
shire ; graduated at Cambridge in 1632, arrived in New England in 1639, 
was ordained at Lynn in Nov., 1640, and (as described by Cotton Mather) 
was " regularly incorporated," with seven or eight more, " into the church 
*' state before going ; the whole company also entering (with the 'advice 
" of the Governor of Mass. Bay Colony) into a civil combination for 
" maintaining government among themselves. Thus was then settled a 
"church at Southampton," etc. It ought not to escape attention that if 
the attempt of Archbishop Laud to extend his church rule over this coun- 
try was objectionable, this smaller attempt of the Mass. clique to extend 
their church rule over Long Island may have been also objectionable. 

The provision for Mr. Howe referred to Daniel Howe, several times 
chosen to represent Lynn in Mass., who took charge of the vessel, ob- 
tained by the first band at Lynn (composed of Edward Howell, Allen 
Bread, and others), and agreed to hold it, upon prescribed terms "for the 
use of the plantacon"; not to sell it without consent of the major part, 
and to be ready at Lynn to transport goods three times in the year, th« 
V\ the 4*'', and the S"* month, etc. (meaning in March, June, and Octo- 



g Sketch of the Life of Rev. John Moore, of Newtown. [Jan., 

ber). He was soon elected a magistrate of Southampton. He did not 
accord with the church party. It is apparent that he did not approve of 
the rule by which church members were to assume the whole government. 
It appears the family of this John Moore, or some one for them, 
claimed afterwards that they were descended from the English family which 
had its headquarters from 1400 to 1554 at Benenden, Kent Co., England, 
(where the name was spelt "More"). Many of the residents of Kent 
county sustained Wyatt's rebellion against Qu. Mary and Philip of Spain, 
in favor of Elizabeth. Many were banished, or sold their land and re- 
moved to Ireland. In 1554 John More, of Kent Co., sold his place at 
Benenden to Watts, and his sons went to Ireland, probably taking land there 
from Watts. One of them married the widow of a noted participator in 
Wyatt's rebellion. Afterwards one of that family was favored by Qu. 
EUzabeth, when in power, and became strong and wealthy. His son 
became a baron in 1616, and a viscount in 162 1, and his male descendant 
and heir became a marquis of Drogheda. In Ireland the spelling was 
changed to " Moore." The baron had several uncles, three brothers and 
seven sons, and there were many descendants. The arms claimed by the 
descendants of this John belonged to that house. (Riker's Newtown, p. 
327). There is nothing improbable in the claim, and there are some con- 
firmatory circumstances. But the name was a very cqnniion one and diffi- 
cult to "identify. There were branches of the same old family in North- 
ampton Co. and in Norfolk Co., and it is reported that the Chancellor's 
family arose from it (see Life of Sir T. More, by his gr. son), who left some 
descendants in Oxford Co. and some in Yorkshire. 

Some generations afterwards the Mores of England adopted quite ex- 
tensively the spelling " Moore ;" some families much earlier than others. 

Catharine, a dau. of Sir Adam Loftus, an English family in Ireland of 
1 7 children, connected by marriage there with the English family of Moore, 
married Arthir Bostique or Bosiock, and had a dau. Margaret. One sis- 
ter, Letitia, became the ist Avife of Richard Parsons, son of Sir William ; 
another, Ann, married Richard Parsons, son of Sir Lawrence (see Pedi- 
grees in Irish Peerage books). 

Arthur Bostock was too unusual a name to be possessed by many at 
the same time. One of that name appeared early at Southampton. By 
report he came from Cheshire, England, which was near Ireland. On 29 
May, 1643, two acres of land "upon the plain" were ordered for Arthur 
Bostock to lye "against Robert Bond's west and against M'. Gosmer's 
" eight acre lott north." 

Upon the division of the town (when it had 44 male inhabitknts) into 
wards of eleven persons, bound to furnish two men from each ward to 
watch for and assist in securing any whales driven on shore, &c., R. Gos- 
mer, Arthur Bostock, Henry Pierson, John Hand, Thomas Hildreth, John 
Mulford, John Moore, Ellis Cook, Robert Bond, Fulke Davis, and Mr. 
Howe, were named in the 3d ward. The date as written was 7 March, 
1644 (before East Hampton was granted). In 1645 Arthur Bostock had 
been appointed with Messrs. Stanborough and Barret to lay out the eight 
and ten acre lots upon the great plain. It seems he challenged JVfr. Stan- 
borough to fight a duel (Irish heroic style), and it is probable he was there- 
upon arrested and required to give bail. Mr. Cooper, of Southampton, 
and "John Moore " became bound in ^^5, " unto the body of this towne," 
conditioned " that Arthur Bostock doe appear at the next quarter court to 



i88o.] Sketch of the Life of Rev. John Moore, of Newtoian. g 

<' bee holden .... October." On the entry of the record of this — 
with no date — it is noted that Arthur Bostock made his appearance accord- 
ing to the Recognizance (The First Book of Records, p. 17). 

On 6th October, 1646, "Arthur Bostock was censured by the Court of 
*' Magistrates for challenging M'. Stanborough to fight with him, and to 
*' pay for the sayd offence unto the Towne Ten shillings." 

He then disappeared from Southampton ; and perhaps flourished in 
Count., where his name was assumed to be Arthur Bostwick ; having a son 
John, and a gr. son Major John (932, 426, 480, 15, N. Eng. Hist. Reg., 86), 
John Bostwick had land in Southampton, 16 73-1680, which he sold to Isaac 
Mills. 

This is a slight indication that John Moore was of the Irish family. 
Many from Kent Co. gathered on that branch of L. I. Easthampton was 
first called Maidstone. There were several at Southampton who came . . ■^»*-^ 

from Ireland — nearly all Englishmen — and probably Thomas Halsey and ^ (Jv^ 
Richard Barret, called kinsman of Halsey's son Daniel, were of the num- V tc^'/' 
ber, as well as Hugh Gelston, Nathaniel Dominy and John Kelly. It ' ' 
seems the church organization of Rev. Mr. Pierson claimed that none / , ; 
but church members should vote or be officers of State, and the civil com- ■ ,. 
bination, of which Daniel Howe was chosen chief, did not like that plan. 
A strong disagreement grew up between them. 

On the r5th of March, 1643, ^.s the date appears, an entry is "Thomas 
" Halsey was censured for some unreverent speeches to Daniel How in 
" Court, then a magistrate, who acknowledged his offence and promised to 
*' make the lyke acknowledgement the next Quarter Court." 

"March 15, 1643 William Wells, Gent, was censured for some unreve- 
*'rent speeches to Daniel Howe, who confessed his offence and promised 
" reformation." [This doubtless was W. Wells, of Southold, who favored 
the New Haven plan about church members.] 

"March 16, i6^t„ John Moore v/z.?, censured for saying Daniel How 
"did usurpe the execution of the place of Magistrate, he " (probably mean- 
ing Mr. Howe) " then lyein under Church censure, not being then deposed 
"or degraded from the same. And to confesse his fayling yf hee shall 
" bee at the next quarter court." 

The articles agreed to on 30 May, 1644, for Southampton's union with 
the Connecticut Colony of Hartford, are copied in Trumbull's Colonial 
Records of Conn., Vol. I., p. 566, and in Howell's Southampton, p. 53. 
The names of Edward Howell, John Gosmer, and John Moore are recited 
in them, as the representatives of Southampton. The composition and 
penmanship of the young man, it is quite probable, were more in demand 
than his advice. 

In October, 1644, after Southampton was recognized as belonging to 
the (Hartford) Connecticut colony organization (which did not require 
voters or officers to be church members). " Mr. Moore and Robert Bond 
" were appointed for Southampton, to collect subscriptions for scholars to 
"be educated at Cambridge" (meaning in Massachusetts, afterward Har- 
vard College), "and Edward Howell, John Gosmore, and John Moore 
" were deputed by (or for) Southampton to negotiate a union with the New 
"England colonies." In Nov., 1644, Mr. Gosmer was magistrate; John 
Cooper and Thomas Sayre were censured. On 6 March, 1645, "Upon 
" the new measuring of the eight acre lots," " what shall be left as overplus 
" of Tho^ Hildreth's 8 acre lotte shall lye in length next to Mr. Gosmer's 
" and John Moore's eight acres " (p . 35). This shows that John Moore had • 



lO Sketch of the Life of Rev. John Moore, of Newtown. [Jan., 

eight acres next to Mr. Gosmer. Robert Bond in 1643 had three acres 
granted him " lying on the south side of Mr. Gosmer's eight acre lot" (p. 
30). Arthur Bostock's two acres Avere against Robert Bond's west. By 
comparing and tracing these, we learn the location of the land, which 
placed Mr. Moore and his neighbors in the third ward, outside of and 
east of the old village, and not far from modern Bridge Hampton. 

Before October, 1646, it is probable that this John Moore was at Cam- 
bridge, perhaps as a student, to complete his studies, and was deputed to 
and attended a meeting of the synod of ministers held probably at the 
same time as the meeting of the General Court (or Legislature) in Mas- 
sachusetts, It is possible he had studied some with Rev'd Mr. Pierson at 
Southampton, and was recommended by him. We have no precise proof 
of it. It would be surprising if Mr. Pierson's Yorkshire tones, or dialect, 
suited all his parishioners, even as a reader, while some required that he 
should speak or read so that Yorkshiremen could understand him when 
they could hardly comprehend ordinary English. It appears that money 
was furnished to John Moore and Edward Mitchellson (known as the 
marshal of Mass'^, for whom this young man might be a convenient clerk), 
to provide provisions (meals, dinners, etc.,) for the members of the synod 
and of the General and Particular Courts in session ; some probably from 
the public treasury ; (and others perhaps expected by subscription, or as, 
pay for meals for members of the 3d House, or petitioners in attendance). 
Robert Bridges, of Lynn, in that month of October, 1646, was presiding 
officer (speaker) of the House of Deputies (or Representatives), but after 
that an assistant or magistrate. John Endecott was not then Governor, 
but perhaps was Deputy Governor presiding. After this he was not elected 
Governor until 1649. 

A Petition was presented, probably in the handwriting of John Moore, 
signed by him and Mr. Mitchellson, in these words : 

" To the Honored Court. 

" Wee, whose names are underwritten, being (by the providence of God) 
" Imployed in the expending of several sommes of money for the pcure- 
" ing of puisions for the Synod and several! Generall and perticular Courts 
'' at Cambridge ; ffor the which provisions and sommes of monyes we 
" yo"" humble petitioners stood psonally Ingaged ; But in regard of the Lenght 
" of tyme before they were discharged, and the badnes of the paye in 
" which they were discharged, and since that tyme there hath been great 
" losse by the dischargeing of severall somes of monies which were not 
" given in upon Accompt. Likewise we have found that we left the best 
" part ot forty pounds co7icerning the Synod, which in conscience we might 
"have lawfully given in. In consideration whereof o' Humble request 
*' vnto this Honored Court is. That you would be pleased to relieve the 
" oppressed, so as to release the remainder of o"" Accompt, hopeing we 
" shi^ll finde so much favo' from you for o' former paynes and service to 
" the country, as that the damage may not rest upon upon those who are 
" alltogether unable to bear it. Thus desiring the Lords p'^sence with you 
" in all weighty affayres, shal ever Remayne 

« Yo" to be comanded 

" John Moore 

" Edw. Mitchellson " 



i88o.] Sketch of the Life of Rev. John Moore, of Newtown. n 

Written on this Petition, immediately after the signatures : 

" The peticons are forgiven y^ 4olb. they owe y® country upon the 
" consideracons p^sented, and the house of Deputys desire o"^ hon'ed 
*' mag^"^ to concur w"' them herein, p. Robert Bridges 

By order &c 
" Consented unto by the magistrates 

Jo. Endecott. Gou' " 

The writer has looked in vain over the brief minutes preserved, for 
any other notice of this, and has looked in vain for any other writing or 
signature of Mr. Moore, with which to compare this. The original Peti- 
tion and underwritings are carefully preserved in the book of " Ecclesias- 
tical papers," in the office of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts. 
There were several other John Moore's, but probably none who could 
write like this ; and there are some strong circumstances in favor of his 
identity ; he having been authorized to collect subscriptions for scholars at 
Cambridge, and appointed with his seniors to negotiate a Union with the 
United Colonies, which was successful, and as agreed by all he was " per- 
mitted in New England to preach, but not authorized to administer sacra- 
ments ; " which license, we suppose, must have been granted at such a 
synod, and about 1 646-1 649. This proceeding may demonstrate one of 
the peculiarities of uniting church and State. 

In 1646 strong dissensions had occurred in Southampton. Thos. 
Halsey was censured for hindering the quiet proceedings of the court, 
etc., fined 5s., and required to make acknowledgment, and upon his re- 
fusing to do this fined 40s, This fine was remitted in March, 1647. In 
Oct., 1646, Henry Pierson and Josiah Stanborough were censured as well 
as Arthur Bostock, as before mentioned. 

On 24 June, 1647, John Moore was present at a town meeting in 
Southampton, after it had been visited by magistrates from Connecticut, 
and was one of seven principal men who certified that all the inhabitants 
of the town (except three) were present and consented to an important 
agreement (to bury differences, etc.). The names were in this order : Ed- 
ward Howell, Abraham Pierson, Richard Odell, John Moore, Thomas 
Halsey, Henry Pierson, Jo. Gosmer, Job Sayre. (The two last printed in 
a separate column. First Book of Rec, 45.) 

On 9 March, 1649, his name was on the list of "perfect freemen " of 
Southampton ; only sixteen in number — probably church members — but not 
including either of the Piersons, nor William Rogers (gone). On 9 May, 
1649, his name was not on the list of townsmen — 26 in number. (lb. 55, 56.) 
The written agreement with Rev'd Robert Fordham to preach at South- 
ampton took effect on ist April, 1649. Rev'd Mr. Pierson, after 24 June, 
1647, and before the 9 of March, 1649, went to Branford, in Connecticut, 
under the New Haven organization, where none were to hold office or 
vote but church members, and several followed him. Serious difficulties 
with the Indians were apprehended, and the settlers were at this time ex- 
cited by finding them armed and jealous. The wife of Thomas Halsey 
was murdered at night, in 1649, in his lonely residence, not then in the 
village; and Lyon Gardiner urging Wyandank, the murderers were ar- 
rested by him and called Pequots. It seems that neither Pierson, nor 
Bostwick, nor Moore, had any house or lot in the village. The subject of 
the Dutch Governor's selling or giving guns to the Indians became soon a 



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serious item, and an element of complaint and dispute. The settlers on 
the west end of L. I. wanted guns for themselves. After receiving loo, 
they were permitted by order from Amsterdam, on nth April, 1650, to 
have 100 more, to be distributed among the people under the care of Ja- 
cob Cowenhoven, Capt. of the Burghers Guard (i N. Y. Hist. Doc. 397). 
On 3d Nov., 1650, it was complained that " the English of Gravesend, 
" among others, had, with the Director's consent, given the Indians of Ca- 
" narse " (towards Jamaica) " some stamped guns," " in payment for their 
" land." The Indians came with the guns, on 6th Nov., to Cowenhoven's 
house, who complained of it to the Fiscal and to Mr. Montagne, who also 
had seen the guns, but without any result [i do. 449]. 

From all the circumstances, it appears that John Moore, at this period 
disturbed at the east end of L, I. by the murder of Halsey's wife and other 
Indian difficulties, left Southampton, and took, or attempted to take, 
Rev'd Mr. Fordham's place at Hempstead, then under Dutch rule, Peter 
Stuyvesant, Governor. This requires separate consideration. 



GENEALOGICAL FRAGMENTS. 



Bt J J. Latting, 



Feake. 



Of the origin of the three individuals, Robert, Henry, and Tobias, 
bearing this patronymic, who were early immigrants to New England, we 
are left to conjecture, pointing with reasonable probability, however, to 
the family seated and flourishing for many successive genefations at Wigh- 
ton and adjacent places in Norfolk Co., England. Among the Harleian 
MSS. in the British Museum [Vol. 1096, p. 119J may be seen the follow- 
ing pedigree of this family, from a visitation in 1664 : 



James Feke = 
of Wighton I 
in Norff. 



I I I 

William Simon = Robert 

Eldest son, of Kerdeston 

in Norfibke, 
2d Son. 



of Welles, Co. 
Norff. 



John Feke = Ciceley, dau. of ... . Reeve 

of Kerdeston. I of Clay, in Norffolke. 



Robert Feake (>) Anne = John Feke. = {}) Anne. dau. of John Dodd 

of London, and 
Margaret Taylor. 



of Basham in dau. of 

Norffolk. Thomas 

Langley. 



. I I I I I I I I I 

William Margaret Elizabeth John Rowland Elizabeth Robert John Anne 

Eldest son d. an d. s. p. 

infant. 

From Other sources it appears there was a Parnell Feake, residing in Lon- 
don in 1593, who had children, William, James, Margaret, Judith, and Anne. 

There was also a William Feake of London, goldsmith, whose wife 
was Mary .... Will dated May 7, 1595. They had children, James, 



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John, Edward, William, Mary, Sarah, and Rebecca. In i6 17-21, there 
was a William Feake living at Stafford in Stafifordshire, gentleman, son and 
heir of John Feak of London, deceased, who had for his arms^ sable a/ess 
dancetie, or, in chief, three fleurs de lis or. 

I. Robert Feake came to Massachusetts Bay in the fleet with Gover- 
nor Winthrop,'in the year 1630. The earliest notice of him occurs in the 
journal of the Governor, detailing the particulars and incidents of a prospect- 
ing expedition made by him (the Governor) " and some company with him," 
on 27th January, 1631, when they "went up by Charles River about eight 
miles above Watertown, and named the first brook on the north side of the 
river (being a fair stream, and coming from a pond a mile from the river) 
Beaver Brook, because the beavers had shorn down divers great trees there, 
and made divers dams across the brook. Thence they went to a great 
rock, upon which stood a high stone cleft in sunder that four men might 
go through, which they called Adam's Chair, because the youngest of their 
company was Adam Winthrop. Thence they came to another brook, 
greater than the former, which they called Masters' Brook, because the 
eldest of their company was one John Masters. Thence they came to an- 
other high pointed rock, having a fair ascent on the west side, which they 
called Mount Feake, from one Robert Feake, who had married the Gover- 
nor's daughter-in-law." 

The Governor's daughter-in-law here referred to was Elizabeth, the 
young widow of Henry Winthrop, to whom she had been married in Eng- 
land as recently as the month of April, 1629. She was the daughter of 
Thomas and Anna (Winthrop) Fones, of London, and consequently the 
niece of Governor Winthrop, and own cousin of her husband. When the 
latter, following his father, sailed from England in the month of April, 1630, 
he left her at Groton to come over subsequently with his mother — both 
then on the verge of maternity. Henry arrived on the ship Talbot, in the 
harbor of Salem, on the ist of July, 1630, and, as the ancient family record 
states the circumstance, on the following day he went on shore with the 
principal officers of the ship, and " walking out to a place now called by 
the Salemites, Northfield, to view the Indian wigwams, they saw on the 
other side of the river a small canoe. He would have had one of the com- 
pany swim over and fetch it, rather than walk several miles on foot, it 
being very hot weather ; but none of the party could swim but himself; 
and so- he plunged in, and, as he was swimming over, was taken with the 
cramp a iew roods from the shore, and drowned." 

His young wife, thus suddenly widowed, appears to have been highly 
esteemed by the Winthrop family, and was the object of their solicitude 
and continued interest in her welfare. William Coddington, who had ac- 
companied Governor Winthrop to New England, having lost his wife, Mary 
Moseley, a few weeks after their arrival, returned to England in the spring 
of 1 63 1. He was then only 30 years of age, and had proved himself one 
of the Governor's most trusted and efficient counsellors. . The Governor, 
writing to his son John by the same vessel in which Coddington sailed, 
adds this p'ostscript to his letter : " I hope the Lord hath provided a good 
husband for your sister Winthrop. Mr. Coddington is well affected to her. 
If he proceed, I wish you to further it; for he is a godly man, and of good 
estate." On his arrival in England he repaired to Groton, and Margaret 
Winthrop, the Governor's wife, writing to her son, John Winthrop, Jr., then 
in Jwondon, says : I rejoice much to hear that Mr. Cottington beares such 



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good aflfections to my daughter ; I trust there will be a further prosedinge. 
I have heard him very well reported of to be a religious man and of good 
meanes. Mr. Wilson had some speech with me about it, and did very much 
desyre to knowe hir virtues. I gave her the best commendations that I 
could. I shall dayly expect his cominge : he shall be very welcome." In 
a postscript she adds : " As soon as I had written these, Mr. Cottington 
came to see us, but would not stay all night. He hath not yet made his 
minde knowne to my daughter, but is gone to Sudbury to Mr. Willson. I 
doe veryly believe it will be a mach, and that she shalbe very happy in a 
good husband." 

The aspirations for this " mach " were not realized. Mr. Coddington, 
the future Governor of Rhode Island, quickly found another wife, and 
Bessie Winthrop, the young widow, without a suitor, came over to New 
England, in the ship Lyon, Capt. Pierce, which arrived on the 2d of No- 
vember, 1 63 1, bringing also the Governor's wife and others of his family. 
Her marriage with Robert Feake must have occurred not very long after 
her arrival. It would seem this connection with the Governor's family 
quickly brought him into public notice. He was admitted a freeman of 
the colony in May, 1631, and on the 4th September, 1632, he was appointed 
Lieutenant to Capt. Patrick, then chief military officer at Watertown and 
the neighboring settlements. He held this position until the month of 
March, 1636. He had his " homestall " in Watertown, and was grantee 
and owner of a number of plots in the same place. He held for several 
successive years the office of selectman of the town — one of the persons 
termed " freemen chosen to order all civill affaires of y^ Towne." In 
1634-35-36 he was a representative in the General Court from Water- 
town. On the 3d of September, 1634, he, with Capt. Underbill, Daniel Pat- 
rick, and others, were appointed by the General Court of Boston to fix upon 
the site for a fort on Castle Island in the Bay. He appears to have con- 
tinued to follow the fortunes of Capt. Patrick, and in 1639-40 accompa- 
nied him on his removal to Connecticut. In the month of July, 1640, they 
united in purchasing from the native Indian proprietors and occupants all 
the lands between Asamuck and Patomuck Rivers, which subsequently 
constituted the town of Greenwich, Connecticut. Included in this tract 
was the neck of land called by the Indians, Monakewego, but which then 
was given the name, " Elizabeth Neck," in honor of the wife of Robert 
Feake, being declared in the Indian deed to be her " peticaler perchase." 
It is said this purchase and settlement were made under the sanction and 
in the interest of the New Haven Colony ; and the new comers had no 
sooner begun to erect their dwellings and establish themselves, than their 
doings were reported to Director-General Kieft at New Amsterdam, who 
forthwith issued the following notification and protest : 

" I, William Kieft, Director General of New Netherland notify you. 
Captain Daniel Patterick, or whom it may concern, that this ground which 
you claim to take possession of, is within the jurisdiction of New Nether- 
land, and belongs to their High Mightmesses ; so that hereafter, you may 
not pretend any cause of ignorance. We order and warn you further not 
to attempt anything to the prejudice of their High Mightinesses, and in 
default thereof, we protest against all damages, losses and interests which 
may accrue therefrom. 

" On the. Island Manhattan, in Fort Amsterdam, Oct. 15, 1640." 

The settlers promptly acknowledged receipt of this document, but 



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challenged "clearer proof" that the land on which they lived was "States' 
land ; " declaring they would "not do anything in the least which will con- 
travene their High Mightinesses, the Lords States' rights to any lands of 
theirs in New Netherland." 

Patrick and Feake persisted and continued for two more years in the 
occupation of these lands, uncertain, between the strifes of the English and 
the Dutch, which p6\ver to acknowledge; harassed and threatened mean- 
while by the treacherous Indians of the neighborhood, until they finally 
decided to put themselves under the protection of the Dutch, For this 
purpose Patrick attended in person at Fort Amsterdam and subscribed a 
declaration, "promising for the future to'be faithful to the Noble Lords, the 
States, his High Mightiness the Prince of Orange, and the West India 
Company, or their (Governor General of New Netherland, as all honest 
subjects are bound to be, provided they should be protected against their 
enemies as much as possible and should enjoy thenceforth the same privi- 
leges that all Patroons of New Netherland have obtained agreeably to the 
freedoms." This submission was signed by Capt. Patrick alone at Fort 
Amsterdam, on the 9th April, 1642, it appearing that his associate, Rob- 
ert Feake, was then sick and could not attend so far from home in person, 
although it further appears he had commissioned his wife, Elizabeth Feake, 
to act in his stead. 

It is evident that the prestige of the Dutch arms, and the promised 
protection of the "States," proved but a sorry shield against the neighbor- 
ing native tribes, who still had their habitations on the adjacent lands, and 
incessantly avenged their injuries, real or fancied, by their depredations 
and savage atrocities upon the settlers. These annoyances and dangers 
continued until they culminated in the final annihilation of the Indians on 
Strickland's Plain, in February, 1644, by a company of Dutch soldiers sent 
by Governor Kieft under the leadership of Capt. Underbill. More than a 
year prior to this date (in May, 1642) Underbill had become a resident of 
Stamford, adjoining the plantation of Patrick and Feake, and was now 
acting in the service of the Dutch in their encounters with the Indians. 
Patrick, who had been Underbill's early companion in arms, was ignomini- 
ously assassinated by a Dutch soldier, at the house of his friend, in the 
month of January, 1644. His death undoubtedly proved a serious loss to 
his co-proprietor in the Greenwich lands, and not unlikely precipitated the 
malady which a few years afterward terminated in his '•'■ loss of reasojiy In 
the month of October, 1647, we find him in Boston on the point of setting 
sail for England. What was the occasion or the object of this journey is 
not apparent. That it was necessary, perhaps compulsory, may be in- 
ferred from some expressions in a letter which he at that time wrote to his 
friends at Stamford in reference to the management and disposition of his 
estate in his absence, saying he " reserved the whole propriety of his estate 
7/// he saw how God would deal with him in England.^' How long he 
continued abroad is not known. That he had returned to Greenwich 
some time prior to the i8th September, 1649, is stated in a letter which 
Robert Husted and others, then residents at that place, addressed to the 
Dutch Governor, which is as follows : 

" Right Honorable : We the inhabitants of Greenwich do make known 
& present your honor with a few lines, and to informe you with our fare and 
condition as foUoweth. Our neighbors of Stamford hath always desired 



1 5 Genealogical Fragme?its. iJan., 

and endeayored to depoppolate this place of Greenwich, and to leq,ve it 
without inhabitants, that so the prophit may re down to them selves as 
might be i)roved by divers instances ; and now they lay hold upon a new 
occasion as we apprehend for such an ende Mr. Feke being returned again 
from Old England ; they make use of his weakness and silliness to wring 
the land out of Mr.Hallett's hands ; and they stand ready as we think to 
gain a grant from your honor for such a thing. But we hope your honor 
will seriously consider before they draw forth such a Bequest from you. 
We cannot see that Mr. Feake have any right to it, although he joined in 
the purchase. Yet the former Governor proceded against them and sent 
the vandragor and souldiers & required them to submit to the government 
or avoid the place. Mr. Feke always withstood it. Whereupon when the 
Governor required their answer, the Captain & Mrs. Feke submitted to them : 
she having full power of his Ward (or word). Whereupon the Governor 
judging him unfit to dispose a plantation gave the land to Mrs. Feke as 
her own for inheritance to dispose of as she preferred ; and she have dis- 
posed of the land hitherto, and have given out Lots in her own name in 
fee, never contradicting it to this day. This therefore is our request to 
your honor, to maintain Mr. Hallett's right against them, & in his right, 
ours ; we having our land from her. If your honor conceive Mr. Feke 
should be paid for the purchase, Mr. Hallett is willing to be covenanted 

to him for it 

Robert Husted 
Richard Crabb 
Tho^ Sherwood 
John Coo." 

Greenwich Sep. i8, 1649. 

If Robert Feake of Greenwich be identical with the *' Robert Feake " 
whose name appears in a resolution of the House of Commons, adopted 
on the 4th of March, 1649, approving and directing the issuing of ^.pardon to 
him and others, then he undoubtedly attained the object of his visit. But 
what the offence could be for which such pardon was sought is not stated. 

What were the opinions of his fellow-townsmen respecting him at this 
period may be gathered from the following certificates, subsequently pro- 
cured and used or offered as evidence in an action at law between Tobias 
Feake and William Hallett : 

" This may certify whom it might concern respecting Mr. Robert Feeke 

sometime an inhabitant of Greenwich near Stanfort that the 

said Mr. Feeke according to the best of our knowledge, being well ac- 
quainted with him in consequence of great intercourse with him, was a 
man whose God-fearing heart was so absorbed with spiritual and heavenly 
things, that he little thought of the things of this life, and took neither 
heed nor care of what tended to his external property. We moreover 
considered and regarded him as a man so unsettled and troubled in his 
understanding and brain, that although he was, at times, better settled than 
at others, nevertheless in his last years, and about the time he agreed with 
his wife, respecting the division of their temporal property, he was not a 
man of any wisdom, or capable of acting understandingly like any other 
man in a matter regarding his own benefit, profit and advantage. In like 
manner we testify that he, as yet on all occasions exhibited a more than 
ordinary respect towards his late wife, and that he in our opinion was 



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more easily to be seduced by her to do whatever she wished than what 
was Avise and reasonable in the opinion of a man who was compos sui, and 
as we say his own man 

Witness John Bishopp. 

Rich<l. Lawe. 

Francis Bell." 

*'I think it proper to add what follows, as regards myself individually, 
for said Mr. Feake living in my family, I could better see his moderation, 
or want of temper and divorce (?) by which I foresaw that his journey to 
Greenwich might perhaps tend to his prejudice. I advised -him to the con- 
trary, and he was willing to take my advice, but slipped in haste without 
my knowledge to Greenwich, and there did as appears. I and my wife 
were angry because he went away so far from his property ; but he 
answered and seemed to be well satisfied by himself, giving out that- his 
wife took the children, and therefore needed the property more than he, 
from which I concluded, — although what is drawn up in the agreement 
does not accord with what is reasonable, — he, nevertheless hath had re- 
gard to his children and their advantage, in leaving the property to their 
mother, in which regard as aforesaid may perhaps be observed in a more 
divine sense that the children possesst a natural and innate right to the 
property which belonged to their father, although it be that the father, 
through bad manageinent suffers want. In short through the manage- 
ment or agreement, he became melancholy, and about fourteen days alter 
was seriously ill, headstrong and crazy. 

Witness John Bishop." 

The succeeding years of the life of Mr. Feake were to him a blank. 
The darkness which first overshadowed his mental faculties at Greenwich 
never passed 'till death came to his relief. He found an asylum in the 
house of Sanaiel Thatcher of Watertown, Mass., where he died in Feb- 
ruary, 1662. An Inventory of his personal effects, taken on the i8th of 
that month, may be seen in Vol. i of Wills in the Probate Office at East 
Cambridge. His interest in the lands and property at Greenwich had 
been entrusted by him, prior to his voyage to England in 1647-48, to his 
wife and to William Hallett. They appear to have sold and conveyed par- 
cels of these lands to new settlers ; but this region still continued to be 
the debatable ground between the two rival governments of New Haven 
and New Netherlands, and the fact that Hallett was found managing the 
estate in conjunction with Mrs. Feake was made the pretext and occasion 
of scandalous proceedings against them by the authorities of both powers — 
the Dutch seizing and attempting to confiscate the property as within their 
jurisdiction, and the magistrates of New Haven pursuing them with the 
like rigorous orders and enactments, until they were compelled to abandon 
the settlement, whence they repaired with the children to Nameag (New 
London), under the protection of her brother-in-law and cousin, John Win- 
throp, Junior. Of the interest taken by the latter in the welfare of the 
family thus thrown upon his charge we have the evidence in the following 
correspondence with Governor Stuyvesant for the recovery of the property 
out of the hands of the Dutch authorities : 

" Noble Sir. — I have requested this bearer Mr. Alcott to waite upon you 
to understand your pleasure concerning the Estate of Mrs. Feakes, who 



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being come hither with hir children to inhabit, in respect of their neare 
relation to me, I am constraned to take such care of them as I can, but 
being in want of all necessaries, they cannot possibly here have supplies ; 
& therefore I am bold to request your favor that there may be such pres- 
ent supplies sent unto them out of the Estate as may prevent those in- 
evitable wants which will otherwise necessarily fall upon them. How you 
will please to order the estate for the future, as they may have a comfort- 
able living out of it, I request your speedy determination : If considering 
their residence here you plese to remitt the estate over hither I will take 
the best care I can that it shall be justly disposed of by the direction of 
my father & the English magistrates according to the English lawes in 
that behalf; and because the land whereon they lived at Greenwich might 
add much to their comfortable supplies, if it were improved to the best & 
for some other necessary considerations, I earnestly request your favor 
for William Hallet that you will be pleased to grant him liberty to plant 
there according to an agreement made by Mr. Feakes with him, and to pass 
and inhabit within your jurisdiction, as he may have occasion which, if it 
may be obtained, 1 desire he may have it sent unto him by this bearer Mr. 
Alcott, by whom also you may please to cause the estate to be conveyed 
hither if that be your pleasure. And what you shall be pleased to deter- 
mine, in case Mr. Alcott should be hindered by the weather or other acci- 
dents from going as he intendeth & only these lines be some other way 
conveyed, 1 beseech you to certify your pleasure herein by some other 
opportunity. And if therein or any other way I may be serviceable to you 
be pleased to command, 

Your Humble Servant 

John Winthrop." 

" Noble Sir, — I wrote to you in the winter by one Mr. Olcott, who 
promised me the delivery with his own hands. I desired him to repair to 
you to know your pleasure concerning the estate of Mrs. Feakes, but, this 
week, I understand that he went not onward of his intended voyage, but, 
altering his design my letters were not sent. I am bold therefore again 
to request your favour concerning hir and the estate that Avhereas there 
was an agreement made with IVilliatn Hallet for the juanagitig of hir estate 
{zvhich Mr. Feakes, before his going into England told jne at Boston that 
he fully coftsented to^ knowing him to be industrious and careful, which I 
find since her being here to be very true,) that you will be pleased to let 
the estate be again returned into her hands, not knowing any other way 
how it can be improved to the comfortable maintenance of hir and the chil- 
dren, who for present for want^Df it are in a necessitous condition; and 
also that you will be pleased to grant him liberty to return again within 
your jurisdiction that he may gather up the scattered estate & improve 
the land at Greenwich, which may add much to their comfortable subsist- 
ence ; which Usense under your hand I beseech you to send by this 
bearer William Cooly, who intendeth shortly to return to me." 

The privilege of their return to Greenwich was not accorded them, and 
Hallett, in the early part of the following year (1649), removed to Long 
Island — probably to Flushing — taking with him Mrs. Feake and her chil- 
dren. It is not unlikely this removal was at the suggestion of Winthrop 
himself, who at this time entertained intentions of settling nearer New Am- 



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sterdam. Lieut. George Baxter, writing to him from " Manhataes Isl : 
July the 15*, 1649, St. No.," thus addresses him : 

" To my Honoured & Worthy Friend, Mr. John Winthrop att Pequotoh, 
or elsewhere. 

Honoured S'" — Mr. Hallit being latilie heere, & understanding p/iu- 
atelie from him of some speech you have had with him, aboute selling in 
this jurisdictio, you may please to understand & beleue that I shall 
readilie and cordiallie doe you what service shall lye in my power ; & if 
you please to come in your ovvne person before winter, I doubt not but 
you will have such satisfaction to yo"" content that you will be much in- 
couraged to settle downe amongst vs. For myne owne pte, I ingenuouslie 
protest your neighbourlie societie will be soe acceptablie welcome unto me, 
that I shall leaue of my wandring thoughts and fix my station adiacent to 
you, in cause you settle amongst us ; and beleue me, S'', 1 haue some in- 
terest in a place not yet setled, being the same I had discourse formerlie 
with you aboute, it being uppon Long Isl : and soe conmiodious that I haue 
not seene or knowne a better, & shall most willinglie resigne you all my 
right & indeauour to pcure you such privlidges as you shall require. 
Mr. Hallet hath graunted him what he required, and by his incouragem' 
1 am bould to write vnto you, desiring you will please in a line or two to 
certifie of your instructions therein, and I shall rest 

Your very assured friend, 

Geo. Baxter." 

To this letter was appended the following postscript by Hallett : 

" S"" : — My friend, after the ensealing hereof, I comeing by accident 
aboute my occasions, he broake it vp & shewed me the contents, & 
approveing very well of it, I can doe noe lesse but entreate you, before 
such tyme as you resolue vppon any other designe, you would please to 
take the paines to come heere ; & I am of that opinio you will have 
such content to expectation c& desire that you will settle heere, which 
will be much to the comfort of your pore kinswoman o^ myself e. 1 vn- 
derstand likewise that in case those Lidians that lined under you will come 
along with you, & under your gouernment, you shall have sufficient to 
accommodate them, or any number of families you shall thinke meete. 
Through the Lords mercye, wee are all in good health. By the first oppor- 
tunitie I shall write to you. In the interim I must remaine your debtor 
for all your courtesies. 

Your unworthy kinsmji, 

July the 16"' (49). William Hallett." 

Mr. Hallett' s residence at this time was probably at Flushing. His 
purchase and settlement at Hell Gate were not made until 1652. Mrs. 
Feake and the children probably continued to constitute his household. 
At what date or where the death of Mrs. Feake occurred, we have not 
ascertained. 

Robert Feake left issue, by his wife Elizabeth, the following children : 

2. I. Elizabeth. 

3. II. Hannah. 

4. HI. John. - 



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5. IV. Robert, bap. in Dutch Church, N. Y., July 17, 1642. 

6. VI. Sarah, bap. in Dutch Ch., N. Y., Apr. 14, 1647. 

2. EUzabeth, dau. of Robert and Elizabeth (Fones) (VVinthrop) Feake, 
supposed b. at Watertown, about 1633, m. in 1659 Capt. John Underbill, 
then residing at Setauket, his 2<* wife. She and her sister Hannah early 
attached themselves to the Society 9f Friends, and became active and 
zealous members of that religious sect. She survived her husband, who 
died at his residence in Killingworth (Matinecock), L. I., in 1672. She 
died at the same place in 1674-75, ^.nd was buried in the ancient burial 
plot there, beside her husband, where a rude stone at her graVe, with the 
initials E. V. rudely carved upon it, may still be seen. 

Issue. 

7. I. Deborah, b. Nov. 29, 1659, ^' Henry Townsend, of Oyster 

Bay. 

8. II. Nathaniel, b. at Oyster Bay, Feb. 22, 1663. 

9. III. Hannah, b. Dec. 2, 1666. 

10. IV. Elizabeth, b. July 2, 1669. 

11. V, David, b. Aprils 1672. 

3. Hannah, dau. of Robert and Elizabeth (Fones-Winthrop) Feake, 
supposed born at Watertown about 1637, came with her mother and her 
brothers and sisters to Flushing about 1649; m. on the 7"^ of May, 1656, 
at that place, John Bowne^ from Matlock, in Derbyshire. 

He was, at this time, in the 29th year of his age, and his worth and 
personal attractions were such as to elicit the favorable notice and com- 
mendations of Capt. Underbill, then living at Southold, L. I., who, writing 
from that place under date of April 12, 1656, to John Winthrop, Jr., at Pe- 
quot (New London), thus acquaints him with the new engagement : " Sir, 
I toas lata at Flushing. Hafitia Feke is to be married to a verri Je?itiele 
young matt of gud abilliti, of a lovli fetture and gud behafior.^^ 

At an early period she had attached herself to the small Society of 
" Friends," who were then in the practice of holding their meetings in the 
woods. Her husband himself relates that on one occasion he went out of 
curiosity to look at them when assembled together, and was so powerfully 
affected with the beauty and simplicity of their worship that he invited 
them to hold their meetings for the future at his house. It was not long 
before he joined them himself, "not merely," as he states "from kindncjss 
and affection to his wife, but his judgment also was convinced of the truth 
of the principles they held forth." The history of his subsequent participa- 
tion in countenancmg and entertaining the Quakers, and of the persecu- 
tion and banishment to which he was subjected in the years 1662-63, be- 
longs more properly to his individual biography, and is only referred to 
here for the purpose of identifying the period during which he was sepa- 
rated from his wife and children. On arriving in Holland and gaining a 
speedy hearing before a committee of the West India Company, he was 
promptly set at liberty and reached his home, by way of Barbadoes, in the 
beginning of the year 1664. His wife now became more and more zealous 
in religious devotions, and, claiming to have " received a gift in the minis- 
try," she, in the early part of the year 1675, left her home to pay a reli- 
gious visit to Friends in Great Britain. 

The celebrated George Fox, the first leading apostle and founder of 



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the Society of Friends in England, had previously, in the year 1672, in 
company with other associates, visited this country, and had been a welcome 
guest in the Bowne family at Flushing. In his journal of this period ap- 
pears the following entry : " From Oyster Bay, we passed about thirty 
*' miles to Flushing, where we had a very large meeting, many hundreds of 
" people being there ; some of whom came about thirty miles to it. A 
*' glorious and heavenly meeting it was (praised be the Lord, God !) and 
" the people were much satisfied," 

When Hannah Bowne arrived in England on this her first visit, he was 
absent from I>ondon, possibly during his unjust imprisonment at Worces- 
ter upon one of the numerous frivolous charges which the magistrates were 
then accustomed to employ for persecuting the members of this now 
rapidly increasing Society, accusing them of being fomenters of discord 
and disturbei-s of the public peace. In a letter which he addressed at this 
time to his friends in London, he thus commends her to their attentions : 

*' My dear ffriends, you may assist Hannah Bowne in her Journey to 
London & help her forward thither, for shee came from Long Island in 
New England to see me and friends." . . . 

" I desire thee and some of your woman's meetings to assist Hannah 
Bowne when she goes beyond the sea, for she is an honest woman, and I 
know her well." 

This visit was probably of short duration. 

From her hvi'sband's journal we learn the date of her second visit, in 
which he records as follov/s : " The 2 2<^ day of the t,"^ mo. I went with my 
dearly belov'd wife on board Andrew Bowne's ship at Staten Island, bound 
for London. The 24th day in the morning, I took leave of my dear wife, 
and on the 25''^ she went to sea." 

In a letter from Flushing, dated i8th of 3d mo., 1675-76, her husband 
thus addressed her : 

" Dear heart, to particularize all who desire to be remembered to thee 
would be exceeding large ; but this I may say for friends, relations, neigh- 
bors and people, the like largeness of love for one particular person I have 
seldom found amongst them, as it is for thee." . . . 

This letter is directed " To be left with John Elson, at the sign of the 
Peele, St. John street. For my dear wife Hannah Bowne, I^ondon, Old 
England, these." 

In another letter, written her in the 5th month of the same year, he 
thus opens the prospect of joining her in England : 

** My dearly beloved, I spake a word or two to thee before our parting, 
that thou mightest give me as clear an account as thou couldest make free 
to do, by writing of what might be in thy view as to thy travel . . not 
knowing how it might be as touching myself coming over after thee. Which 
thing as I was in my work, was daily presented in my mmd, until I could 
no longer delay to speak to Frances and my dear daughter Betsey^ con- 
cerning their taking the charge of all my business and family, the which 
they were both very free unto. After to my aged father to know his wil- 
lingness which was more than I could expect ; so that it now rests on my 
mind more and more to hasten the despatch of all my summer concerns, 
and to settle all accounts, and to put all things in the best order I can to 
be ready for the next good opportunity which may present : so if tidings 
of thy sudden return, or some other thing which I expect not, do not pre- 
vent, but the Lord make way for it, then I hope in the loth month, if not 



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before to be in London where I shall be glad to meet with thee, if the 
Lord so order it, and from thence to have thy company into my own coun- 
try after which I know not but I may be free to accompany thee, if the 
Lord see it good till we come to our dear children again." 

On the 31st of the 8th month in that year (1676) John Bowne left his 
home in Plushing, and arrived in London on the 13th of the nth month. 
He joined his wife, then in Ireland, and accompanied her in a religious ser- 
vice in that island and through England and Holland. Returning to 
London, at the beginning of the winter of 1677, she was taken sick with a 
fatal fever, and died at the house of their friends John and Mary Elson, at 
the Peele Meeting Place in St John Street, London, on the 31st of the 
nth Month (Jan'y), 1677-78. Her funeral took place on the second day 
following, and on the occasion her husband made an address to the assem- 
bled mourners, which was subsequently written out and recorded in the 
minutes of the meeting, as his " Testimony concerning his innocent wife 
and faithful yokefellow, as in the Simplicity of Truth it arose and was 
spoken amongst Friends when met together to accompany her body to the 
ground at the house of their dear friends John and Mary Elson at the Peel 
Meeting-place, London, 2nd of 12th month 1677." By permission of Mr. 
Jacob T. Bowne, of Glen Cove, L. I., a worthy descendant of these ancient 
Friends, who possesses a complete copy of this rare document, we subjoin 
the following extracts. Says her bereaved husband : ..." I find myself — 
having this opportunity — mightily concerned to testify a -little of the abun- 
dance that is in my heart concerning my dear and tenderly beloved wife, 
to whose charge 1 have not any thing to lay since I first enjoyed her com- 
pany. To declare a little to you my friends — to ease my heart in this 
matter — when I first heard of her, before I knew her face, a true love was 
begotten in my heart towards her, and that from her childhood she sought 
after Heavenly things. Whose face, when I did behold it — as I may say 
it was outwardly beautiful and amiable ; and so it hath continued unto me ; 
and to all that truly knew her. She was very zealous for the Lord in what 
she knew in that day^and from the first closing with the thing I declared 
unto her, she hath been truly faithful unto me until her last minute : as I 
have often heard her say — the resolution of her heart and the bent of her 
spirit, was altogether to be subject unto me in all thmgs, which for con- 
science sake she could do. . . . She was a true and tender mother to her 
children — (7 1 hope are yet remaining of them) — her care over them was 
such that she would never consent to part with any one of them out of her 
family, except I could describe a place better for their eternal well being. 
BiU when the Lord laid it upon her, then she was truly willing to leave 
both her native country, her husband and children, and all her dear rela- 
tions ; and after some other difiicult travels, she was concerned to see 
friends in the nation of England : which, being accomplished in an accep- 
table time she returned to my own dwelling, where joyfully she was re- 
ceived of all that truly knew her. But in a little while she declared unto 
me that when she was upon the seas, it was in her view that she must say : 
" Husband, I have come to see thee, but must not tarry," which came to 
pass in some months time. ... At the knowledge of which I could have 
freely given up all to have accompanied her ; but ... I was made freely 
willing to part with her, and remain at home with my little ones. 

"But after some time the thing sprang in my heart to make preparation 
to come for England, and it was made truly easy to me that if the Lord 
required her traveling in these countries, that I should take the care of her, 



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and accompany her if it were to the disbursing of half my outward estate. 
But when I came here I understood she was in Ireland, which place I ex- 
pected I might find her, in which being accomplished, it lay upon her 
spirit to visit friends throughout all the nation, wherein I did willingly ac- 
company her to a thousand miles travel ; and afterwards came over to 
England into part of many countries in this nation — hoping when I came 
to London the Lord would make her way homeward — but a necessity was 
laid upon her of further travel in these countries. But it was much with 
me to press her so far as I durst proceed no further, but I gave up to ac- 
company wheresoever the Lord might order her, which hath been through 
Holland, Friesland and as far as the City of Embden in the Low Countries 
which was the furthrest place that stood in her view ere she went over. 
Through all of which I have a testimony in my heart, she was made ser- 
viceable for the Lord, and particularly at that Cily of Embden, having 
cleared her conscience to those that were convinced, and they from that 
established their meeting twice a week which had been long neglected. 
Through all which countries she was enabled to clear her conscience to 
them in their own language, in which she had been little exercised, ever 
since I had the knowledge of her ; after which being accomplished, return- 
ing for England, 'Now,' said she, 'if there was a ship at London, I am 
ready to return home.' ' Nay, my dear ' said I, ' if there were a ship, I 
should not now carry thee at this season of the year.' 'O' said she, 'I 
would scruple no season, if it were the Lord's time.' 

" Now, my dear friends, as the Lord has enabled me, have I in short 
given you this account for your satisfaction concerning Iver, though I am 
well persuaded it need not be spoke to many of you. 

" And thus I can truly say, as I said at tirst, I have nothing to lay to her, 
and am satisfied in my own heart, that her garments are clean and without 
stain. A tender mother to her children, and faithful wife to her husband, 
and that which passeth all — truly resigfied up to serve the Lord to the ut- 
most of her power ; — having truly denied all, parted with all, and forsaken 
all in answer to the Ivord's requiring. And now to add a little for the 
sakes of those who are convinced of the truth to whom this may come — 
she was always dilligent in what she undertook, ever shy of coming into 
debts, and always careful to answer engagements, and perform to every 
one the thing that was equal upon all accounts. Never willing to make 
use of things above her ability, but constantly minding that which was de- 
cent, comely and of good report amongst sober people ; and when con- 
cerned in her family to exhort reprove or correct, it was done in tender- 
ness, wisdom and Godly fear to the teachings of God's witness, and caus- 
ing the stubborn nature to bow. She could always freely make use of 
what the Lord did afford her for the service of Truth and the friends there- 
of ; never questioning but the Lord would take care of her and provide 
for her when she was concerned to leave all her outward acquaintance, and 
travel upon Truth's account in divers countries where she was a stranger. 
Always, believing that the Lord would take away all scruples, remove all 
doubts that might arise in any of His faithful people concerning her. And 
in all the time of the weakness of her body, there was not the least appear- 
ance of any trouble upon her mind, and some of her last words to me were 
— " if the Lord should take me away, remember my dear love to all friends 
that are faithful, and to my dear children," and not long after she passed 
away without sigh or groan. Willing submission, faithful obedience, and 
loving praises be rendered unto God forever, sayeth my soul. Amen. 



2 A Ads fracas of Brookhaven (Z. 7.) Wills, [Jan,, 

♦' And many friends being come together we had a precious meeting, 
before committing her body to the ground. And now it is the breathing of 
my soul to the Lord, that the residue of my lifetime here, J may live her 
life, and not only perform the faithful and true care of a loving father, but 
also keep the dilligent watch of a tender mother unto and over our dear 
children. And so in true tenderness and brotherly love, I dearly salute all 
faithful friends to whom this may come, and bid you all farewell. 

" Your friend and brother in the Truth 

"John Bowne 
" of Long Island, in New England." 
She was interred in the " Friends'" burial-place in Chequer Alley, Bun- 
hill Fields ; but her grave is undistinguished by any stone or monument. 
She had issue by h,er husband John Bowne the following children : 
I. John, b. Mar. 13, 1656. 
IL Elizabeth, b. Oct, 8, 1658. 

III. Mary, b. January 6, 1660. 

IV. Abigail, b. Febuary 5, 1662. 
V. Hannah, b. April 10, 1665. 

VI. Samuel, b. Sept. 21, 1667. 
VII, Dorothy, b. Mar. 29, 1669. 
VIII. Martha Johanah, b. Aug. 17, 1673. 
4. John Feake, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Fones-Winthrop) Feake, 
b. about 1638-39, m. 15th Sept., 1670, Elizabeth, dau. of Matthew Prior, 
of Killingworth (Matinecock). He was associated at an early date with 
Capt. John Underbill and William Frost in the purchase and settlement of 
the Matinecock lands ; was an active and prominent member of the So- 
ciety of Friends, whose meetings for many years were held at his house. 
His wife died Feb. 25, 1 701-02. He survived her, and died at an advanced 
age, in the month of May, 1724. 

Issue. 

20. I. Elizabeth, b. June 9, 1674. 

21. II. Hannah, b. Oct. 6, 1675. 

22. III. Mary, b. April 30, 1678. 

23. IV. John, b. July 10, 1679. 

24. V. Robert, b. June 22, 1683. 

25. VI, Sarah, b. Feb. 17, 1685-86. 

26. VII, Martha, b, Oct. 27, 1688. 

27. VIII, Abigaile, b. Aug. 7, 1691. 

28. IX. Deborah, b. Jan. 5, 1695. 



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ABSTRACTS OF BROOKHAVEN (L. I.) WILLS, ON RECORD 
IN THE SURROGATE'S OFFICE AT NEW YORK. 



By Joseph H. Petty. 



Coll. William Smith of St. George's Manor who died 18 of Feb. 
1 704/5- Inventory of his estate taken and appraised by Timothy and Daniel 
Brewster & Benjamin Smith on the 23 of May 1705. Martha, his widow, 
was sworn as to the truth of the inventory 15 Sept. 1705. L. 6, p. 122. 

Thomas Biggs intestate, late of Brookhaven. Letters of adm. to his 
son Thomas dated 17 March 1704. L. 7. p, 192. 



i88o.] on Record in the Surrogates Office at New York. 2^ 

William Smith of St. George's Manor, 23'* Aprill, 1704, in the city 
of New York. Mentions wife Martha — eldest son Henry — Samuell 
i:burne Clarke — Mr. Eburne — second son William Henry John Wood 
ofBrookhaven deceased — George Wood's lot — Daniell Brewster — 3^* son 
Charles Jeffrey — eldest dau. Martha Heathcote — had houses at York — gr. 
son William Heathcote — youngest daus. Jeane & Gloryana, both under 
age and unm.— Col. Schuyler, Mr. Abeell, Abraham Whityre— Joseph 
Lee — had patents of land from Gov. Fletcher — Wife Martha Exec. — Wits. 
Matthew Howell, John Johnstone, Gab Ludlow, Sarah Ludlow. Letrs 
Adm. dated 15 Sept. 1705. L. 7. p. 216. 

Martha Smith, St. George's Manor, 7 September 1707. Mentions 
Henry eldest son & Anne his wife — son William Henry under age — young- 
est son Charles Jeofifrey — second dau. Jane or Jean — eldest dau. Martha 
Heathcote — dau. Gloriana mureson — my three daughters — Thomas Helme 
— Appoints all her children except Henry, her Executors — Wits. Thos. 
\ Helme, Tho. Brewster & Dorothy Wodall. Letrs. dated 23 June, 17 10. 
Proved 6 June 1710. L. 8, p. 244. 

John Roe, Brookhaven, 22 August 17 12. Wife Sarah executrix — 
eldest son John — son Nathaniel — daus. Mary Currin & Elizabeth Mapes — 
gr. dau. Mary Clark. Wits. Arthur Huthy, Charles Davis, John Max- 
well. Proved 27 July 17 14. L. 8. p. 299. 

Charles Jeoffrey Smith, St George's Manor. (Intestate). Lettrs. 
of Adm. to his brother William Henry Smith dated January 23, 1715. L. 
8, p. 387. 

William Nicoll, of Islip, 17 March, 1718/9. Mentions son Benja- 
min — had property on Shelter Island— son William — son Renselaer — men- 
tions Capt. John Shaw residing on Shelter Island occupying part of his 
lands there — Also property in County of Albany — dau. Mary Watts — daus. 
Catherine Francis, Charity — son Edward to remain with his mother till he 
is ten years old — " all that Farm on Shelter Island late in the possession 
of Edward Downing deceased and now or late in the possession of Mr. 
William Richardson " — " I do give Devise and Bequeath the same farm on 
Shelter Island in manner aforesaid unto M'^- Ruth Dwight untill our said son 
Edward Nicoll shall attain to the age of one and Twenty years " — son John 
(under age). Exec""- son Benjamin, — Lands on Shelter Island in posses- 
sion of Jonathan Hudson. — Wits. John Moubray James Morris Charles 
White & William Gibb. Proved 27 Aug. 1723. L. 9, p. 492. 

Arthur Ffenthy of Brookhaven 30 June, 1718, Carpenter. Men- 
tions wife Ann — Administratoi's wife Ann and friends Jonathan Owen 
and Samuel Thompson — gr. son Arthur Egerty — son in law Daniel Tour- 
neur — " Lot that I bought of John Hillouk adjoining to Capt. Joseph 
Tucker — Wife's son Daniel Tourneur — gr. son to learn a trade — Wits. 
John Bennet John Thompson Tho. Hulse. Proved (no date). Lettrs. 
dated 20 April 1719. L. 10, p. 36. 

Richard Clark, St. Georges Manor, 25 January, 1724/5. Yeoman. 
Mentions " my three Children Richard, Margaret & Anne — son Henry" 
which I bought of Elias Bayly — two youngest sons James & Ephraim (un- 
der age) — gr. ch. Aaron and Hannah Howell — daus. Mary and deborah — 
Speaks of carpenters and coopers tools and loom and weaving tack- 
ling — wife Mary — " to my six children namely, Mary, Martha, Deborah, 
Sarai, James and Ephraim" — Exec'- "my well respected friend John 
Hulce, Overseers Major WiUiam Smith and John Wood. Wits. Na- 



26 Abstracts of BrookJiave?! (Z. /.) Wills, [Jan., 

thaniel Lane Henry Ludlani, John Roberts. Proved 2 April 1725. L. 
10, p. 236. 

Selah Strong, Brookhaven. Lettrs of Admn. to his widow Abigail 
Strong, dated 21 April, 1732. I^. 11, p, 266. 

Charles Tooker, Brookhaven, Yeoman, i November, 1737. Men- 
tions wife Abigail — sons Charles, Ruben, Joseph, John and Philip — "Land 
of Joseph Swisey" — daus. Ruth & Abigail — dau. Mary (under 18). 
Exec"- wife Abigail and son Charles. Wits. Andrew Miller, Timothy 
Norton, William Phillips. Proved 27 July, 1738. L. 13, p. 218. 

Isaac Willis, Islip " Grangue " Yeoman. Lettrs. of Admn. to his 
brother Richard Willis dated 3 November, 1736. L. 13, p. 223. 

Richard Floyd, Brookhaven, Gent. 27 February, 1738. Mentions 
son NicoU — Nath' WoodhuU — " Land bought of Major William Smith " 
— son Richard — gr. son Ployd Smith (under age.) — daus Margaret & 
Charity — gr. son Benjamin NicoU (under age) — gr. dau. Gloriana Mar- 
gretta NicoU — "unto my Grand Daughter Dongan that is to say the 
Daughter of my beloved Daughter Ruth Dongan Deceased " — " Pates 
quash" — " Land belonging to Daniel Brewster Sen"". Exec'^ sons Richard 
and NicoU. Wits. Sam' D Honeur, Zopher Piatt, Isaac Browne. Proved — 
(date omitted). (The will reads as though the sons Richard and NicoU 
were married.) L. 13, p. 225. 

Israel Howell, of the Patentship of Moriches, Yeoman. 5 May, 
1736. — Mentions son Israel by his first wife — (present) wife Abigail — son 
David under age — sons Mathew and Nathan (under 15). Exec" wife 
Abigail " and my beloved Friends, Israel Parshall of the Town of Southold 
Gent, and Nathaniel Smith of the patentship of Moriches Esq"" Wits. 
Hugh Gelston, Joseph Peirson, John Mackie. Proved 27 March, 1740. 
L. 13, p. 388. 

George Phillips, Brookhaven, Clerk. 18 January, 173^. Men- 
tions wife Sarah, son William unm. — sons George & John — daus. Sarah, 
Mary & Elizabeth — Mr. Miller — six small "Sermon Books." Exec'" 
wife Sarah. Overseers, " CoU^ Henry Smith Esq' and Deacon Woodhul 
Esq^" Wits. Wm Smith, Henry Smith Jun"', Gloriana Smith. Proved 5 
May, 1 741. L. 14, p. 63. 

Moses Burnet, Brookhaven, 3 May, 1740, Yeoman. Mentions son 
Justus — land bought of James Tuthill — Capt" Robinsons Land — land 
bought of Thomas Robinson — "I give unto my well beloved son William 
Burnet Lain " — wife Jerusha — son William (under age) — oldest dau. Ruth 
— daus, Jean, 'Sarah, Dorothy — sons John & Samuel — dau. Anna. 
Exec" son Justus " and M' Nickols Floyd and Andrew Miller of this 
Town." Wits. Joseph Davis, Joseph Phillipse, Andrew Miller. Proved 
10 May, 1 741. L. 14, p. 68. 

John Harerd, Brookhaven, Carpenter. 2 September, 1740. Men- 
tions wife Margret — dau. Margret (under 15). Exec" wife Margret, An- 
drew MiUer, William Miller. Wits. Mary Terrill, Mary Hallock, Andrew 
Miller, Proved 27 October, 1741, L, 14, p. 245. 

Elisha Clark, "late of the County of Suffolk," Lettrs. of Admn. to 
his brother Eliphalet Clark, dated 26 April 1742. (No touni being men- 
tioned in the Record he maybe of some other town). L. 14, p. 284. 

William Smith, "of the Manor of St Georges Esq'." 17 January, 
I 74-|. Mentions wife Hannah — " my four Maiden Daughters viz' Sarah, 
Jane, Martiia & Hanah" — sons William, Merit & Caleb — dau. Elizabeth 



i88o.] on Record in the Surrogate's Office at New York. 2 7 

(married.) — Exec'^ wife Hannah & sons William & Caleb— Wits Nathaniel 
Woodhull, NicoU ffloy'd, Josiah Woodhull. Proved 26 February, 1742. 
L. 15, p. 117. 

Thomas Hulse Jun' Brookhaven, Yeo. (No date). Mentions wife 
Ruth — "and I do will and ordain that if hereafter I shall fortune to have 
any Child or Children by my said loving wife " — eldest son Thomas, " all 
those things which formerly belonged to his Mother Abigail Hulse de- 
ceased." Thomas is under 15. Exec*" wife Ruth, Overseer Benjamin 
^Brewster, Wits. James Conn, Jonah Hulse Arthur Buchanon. Proved 27 
May, 1747. L. 16, p. 126. 

Henrv Smith, Junior of Brookhaven Merchant, 25 March, 1747. 
Mentions wife Ruth — " to my Dear Sister Martha (unm.) — son Charles 
Jeffry (under age.) — wife Ruth and himself had lands in Smith town — dau. 
Martha (under age) — Mr. Seminer at New York — dau. Elizabeth (under 
age) — brothers William & Gilbert Smith — sisters Mary Smith and Glori- 
ana Brewster — Exec'^ wife Ruth and brother William. Wits. Stephen 
Jayne, Nathaniel Satterly, Ebenezer Jones. Proved 9 April, 1748. L. 16, 
P- 239. 

Amos Willets, Islip, Yeoman, 17 March, 17*45/6. Mentions oldest 
son Samuel — lands in Huntington — sons Jacob, Amos, Joseph & Thomas, 
all under age — blacksmiths tools — wife Rebeccah— youngest son Thomas 
— Speaks of daus. living but no names. Exec'* Cousins Richard Willetts 
Jun' and Daniel Willetts both of Islip and Samuel Underhill J"' of Oys- 
terbay. Wits John Moubray, Nathan Smith, Joseph Sexton. Proved 
6, June, 1648. L. 16, p. 272. 

John Armstrong, Moriches, Labourer, 17 December, 1748. Men- 
tions wife Mary — eldest son John — daus. Mahitabel & Haner Armstrong 
— sons Obediah & Nathaniel — Exec'* Wife and Nath' Smith. Wits. David 
Howell, Mary Mathis, Nath" Smith — Proved 10 April, 1749. L. 16, p. 454- 

Samuel D'Honneur, Brookhaven. 5 March, 1744/5. Mentions wife 
Rachall — son John — dau. Johannah — " Land I bought of Ickabud War- 
ner " — "my beloved Sister Christian Dewilde " — "my Couzen Ann De- 
^•it" — Exec" wife Rachall — dau. Johannah and M' Richard Floy and M' 
William Nickles Ju'. Wits. Vincint Jones, Benjamin Jones, Selah Hulse. 
Proved 18 January, 1749. L. 17, p. 40. 

Zachariah Hawkins, Brookhaven, Yeoman, 11 May, 1737. Men- 
tions wife Hannah — gr. son Zachariah Hawkins (under age) — second gr. 
son Caleb Hawkins — "to my only son Zachariah Hawkins" — Exec''' wife 
Hannah. Wits. Eleser hakengs, Geo. Murison, Hannah Howel. Proved 
6 January, 1 749. L. 1 7, p. 58. 

Stephen White, Islip, 21 March 1749/50. Mentions youngest dau. 
Amey White — "unto the five Children " (two sons & three daus.) "of 
my Eldest Daughter Ruth Hulls and my Four Daughters Sarah Hulls 
Mercy Wood, Mary Howell and Amey White " — " Ebenezer Hulls my 
Son in Law." Exec'* son in lawVjeremiah Wood, Cozen John Mou- 
bray and Samuel Willets. Wits. David Willets, Jacob Willets, Joseph 
Foster. Proved 11 April, 175c. L. 17, p. 132. 

John Allbertson, Islip, Miller, 18 March, 1720. Mentions wife 
Sarah — son Salvenus (under age)— four children, Salvenis, Isaac, Deborah 
& son Crodos, (all under age.)— Exec'* " my Brother John Wood, & Rich- 
ard Willetes. Wits. Thomas Willets, Joseph Dow, Nehemiah Hearth, David 
Willets. Proved 3 August, 1750, L. 17, p. 189. 



2$ Abstracts of Brookhaven (Z. /) Wills. [Jan., 

Samuel Tompson, Brookhaven, Gentleman, 23 April, 1745. Mentions 
wife Hannah — son Jonathan — dau. Mary — eldest dau. Sarah — daus. Debo- 
rah and Susanna — gr. son Samuel son of Jonathan — gr. dau. Mary Tom- 
son — " my five daughters, Sarah, Mary Deborah Ruth & Susan" (all under 
age. Exec^s. son Jonathan, Daniel Smith and Thomas Strong of Brook- 
haven. Wits. John Tooker, Daniel Reeve, Arthur Buckanan. Proved 1 1*^ 
June, 1750. L. 17, p. 200. 

" John Haven Senior late of Shelter Island," But now of the Township 
of Brookhaven." Yeoman, 23 June, 1750. Mentions eldest son Henry, 
third son William — land in Southampton — daus. Elinar, Sarah, Phebe, 
Desire & Mary — ^wife Sarah— two eldest daus. Sarah & Elenor — sons Jona- 
than & Benjamin. Exec" sons Henry, William^ Benjamin & wife Sarah — 
Wits. Nathaniel Havens, Daniel Brewster Sen% Matthew Swaney. (The 
will at bottom is date 25 June 1750). L, 17, p. 284. Proved 26 Nov. 

Samuel Seward, Islip, 7 September, 1750. Mentions his "Mother 
Ann Seward — his brother Eliakim Seward — Exec'^ Nathaniel Akerly, 
James Morrice, William NicoU Jun'. Wits. John Moger, Barny Smith, Eliza- 
beth Morris, Elizabeth Green. Proved 18 March, 1 750/1. L. 17, p. 378. 

John Hulse, Brookhaven, Yeoman 5 June, 1751. Mentions wife 
Deborah — eldest son John — Nathaniel Satterlys land — Benjamin Jones 
land — sons Nehemiah & Joseph — Selah Strong — Widow Smiths land — 
Eleazer Hawkings land — land of Thomas Hulse deceased — " adjoining to 
Paul Hulse in Coram Hills — land purchased of M"^ Thompson — daus. 
Anna & Jemima Hulse (under age) — " called or known by the, name of 
Josiah's Lott " — lands which formerly belonged to Enos Bishop deceased 
— " M'' Winthrops Line" — The three sons are to be bound out to trades 
— Exec^ Benajah Strong, Overseer William Nicoll Jun'. Wits. Nathaniel 
Satterly, Richard Floyd Jun"", Arthur Buchanan. Proved 22 July 1751. 
L. 17, p. 429. 

John Tooker, Brookhaven 15 June, 1750. Mentions gr. son "Wil- 
liam Tooker the heir of my oldest son John Tooker deceast " — second son 
William — third son Anthony — land bought of Henry Moger — " hulces 
Island " — fourth son Nathaniel — "Commonage formerly William Francis" 
— fifth son Elifelet — Henry Daytons homestead — Andrew Millers meadow 
— (wife is living but does not give her name) — " I order my son Nathaniel 
to have the indenture of Benjamin Gerard with the Lad and to fulfill the 
Indenture to him" — Exec""^. Col. Richard Floyd and M"" William Nicoll 
Esq^ Wits. Joseph Goldsmith, Thomas Bayles, James Moger. Codicil 
dated 16 June, 1751, same witnesses. Proved 17 February, 1752. L. 18, 
p. 76. ■ 

-^ Daniel Brewster, Brookhaven, 29 May, 1752. Mentions wife Mary 
— eldest son Daniel, second son David, third son William — "my Land at 
a place called Moddys House " — eldest dau. Desire, 2d dau. Mary, 3d 
dau. Deborah, 4th dau. Hannah. Exec" wife Mary & " my Brother 
I John Brewster and my son Daniel" — Wits. Israel Robinson, Mary petty 
W™ Smith. All present at the proving 23 July 1752, before Henry Smith, 
Surrogate. L. 18, p. 271. 

Joseph Robinson, Brookhaven. 23 February, 1753. Mentions wife 
Abigail — sons Joseph & John, Exec" son John & David Davis. Wits 
Isaac Robinson, James Tuttill Samuel Emmons. Proved 30"* June, 1753. 
L. 18, p. 332. 

Richard Willets, Islip, Yeoman. " nineteenth day of the third Month," 



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1750, "far advanced in years." Mentions wife Margret — sons Richard 
& Daniel— dau, Debora — two daus. in law Mary Wood & Sarah Powell 
— two gr. children Willets & Mary Kirbe children of his deceased dau. 
Sarah Kirbe, (under age)— Exec" son Richard & " Cousin Isaac Powell 
of Eethphage and my Cousen Richard Willets of Jericho." Wits. Mary 
Willis, John Willis, Minor, Samuel Willis. Proved 3'^ October, 1753. 
L. 18, p. 362. 



RECORDS OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THE 
CITY OF NEW YORK.— BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS. 



(Continued from Vol. X., p. i8i, of The Record.) 

Sept' 1 1"". Eleanor, Daughter of Michael Sickles and Mary Bailey, his 

Wife, born Aug^' lo"", 1775. 
Sept' 17*. Nicholas, Son of George Meservee and Catharine Gruber, his 

Wife, born Aug'' 24"", 1775. 
Sept' 17*''. Alexander, Son of Alexander Deati & Elizabeth Lynch, his 

Wife, born Aug'' I9'^ 1775. 
Sept' 17'^. Enoch, Son of Daniel Carter and Mary Laurense, his Wife, 

"born July id"*, 1775. 
Sept' 24"^. Catherine, Daughter of Robert Stratton and Elizabeth Fergu- 
son, his Wife, born Aug" 30"', 1775. 
Sept' 24'\ Margaret, Daughter of Andrew McKittrick & Agnes Donaldson, 

his Wife, born SeptJ I7'^ 1775. 
Sept' 26'\ Sarah, Daughter of Thomas )frden, Jun' and Mary Boyle, his 

Wife, born Sept' 5'^ 1775. 
Oct' i". Charles Lee, Son of Henry Brasher & Lucy Clark, his Wife, born 

July 31", 1775. 
Oct' i". Priscilla, Daughter of James Ford and Martha Oakes, his Wife, 

born Sept' 9*^, 1775. 

(186) '_ 

Oct' i". George Washington, Son of John Laboyteaux & Hannah Smith, 

his Wife, born Sept' 17"", 1775. N. B, So called after his Excellency 

George Washington, Esq', General & Commander in Chief of the 

Continental Army. 
Oct' 2'^. William, Son of John Wright & Sarah Johnston, his Wife, born 

Aug"8'^ 1775. 
Oct' 2^. Daniel, Son of John Miller & Mary Kelly, his Wife, born Sept' 2'', 

1775- 
Oct' 8"". Mary, Daughter of John Kip & Margaret Bratt, his Wife, born 

Sept II'^ 1775. 
Oct' 8"*. Jane, Daughter of Gilbert S^nith & Abigail Vandewater, his Wife, 

born Sept' 2 9'^ 1775. 
Oct' 9"*. George, Son of Thomas Buchanan and Amy Townsend, his Wife, 

born Sept' 7'^ 1775. 
Oct' 1 5'^ John, Son of Lewis Nichols & Mary Thompson, his Wife, born 

Sept'3^ 1775. 
Oct' 16"'. Sophia, Daughter of John Gilliland & Catharine Aramena, his 

Wife, born Sept' 13"*, 1775. 



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Oct' 2 2^ Charles, Son of Charles Chetwood & Margaret McKellar, his 

Wife, born Sept' 25% 1775. 
Oct' 2 2'^. Thomas Putnam, Son of Frederick Putn Tucker and Elizabeth 

Norris, his Wife, born Sept' 5* 1775. 
Oct' 29*. John Harper, Son of John Currie and Ann Montgomery, his 

Wife, born Sept' 15*, 1775. 
Oct' 29*''. James, Son of James Gibson & Mary McKellar, his Wife, born 

Sept' 29^ 1775, 
Oct' 29*^. Elizabeth, Daughter of Peter Wi?ithrop & Hannah Deforest, his 

Wife, born Sept' 13*, 17 75- 
Nov' 5'\ James, Son of Alexander Hosack & Jane Arden, his Wife, born 

Oct' 2f, 1775- 
Nov' 5*. Ann, Daughter of Abraham Garrison & Mary Simonson, his 

Wife, born Sept' 21^, 1775. 
Nov' 5'^ Elizabeth, Daughter of Robert Harpur, & EHzabeth Cregier, his 

Wife, born Sept' 18* 1775. 
Nov' 12'''. Mary, Daughter of John Shatv & Elizabeth Long, his Wife, 

born Oct' 5'\ 1775, 

(187) . ' . . 

Nov' 12*. John Keiley, Son of Robert Ley craft & Sarah Kip, his Wife, 

born Oct' I8'^ 1775. 
Nov' 19*. Jane, Daughter of William Eddy and Mary Stephens, his Wife, 

born Oct' 27*'', 1775. 
Nov' I9*^ Edward Johnson, Son of Edward Ross & Isabella Stout, his 

Wife, born Oct' i'', 1775. 
Nov' 1 9"*. Mary, Daughter of James Barjeau, &' Mary Rose, his Wife, 

born Oct' Io'^ 1775. 
Nov' 19"". Margaret Yates, Daughter of John Helms and Mary Dobbs, 

his Wife, born Oct' 25'*", 1775. 
Nov' 19"*. Sarah, Daughter of Alexander Lesley & Sarah Tufifts, his Wife, 

born Oct' 24'^ 1775. 
Nov' 26'\ John Martin, Son of George Aim & Abigail Lincoln, his Wife, 

born Aug^' I8'^ 1775. 
Nov' 26'^ Alexander Forbes, Son of Benjamin Swati, & Mary McLean, 

his Wife, born Oct' 22**, 1775. 
Dec' 3"^. John Robinson, Son of Charles Gardner and Susannah Leonard, 

his Wife, born 
Dec' 3"^. Mary, Daughter of Joseph Derborow & Sophia Hyer, his Wife, 

born Nov' 2 7'^ 1775. 
Dec' 10'^. Ann, Daughter of Walter Moffat & Comfort Ball, his Wife, born 

Nov' 13* 1775. 
Dec' 1 7*. Esther, Daughter of John Moore and Mary Van Dyck, his Wife, 

born Nov' 28*^ 1775. 
Dec' I7'^ Jacob, Son of Jacob Smith & Mary Peppinger, his Wife, born 

Nov' 11"', 1775. 
Dec' 1 7'\ Francis, Son of Francis Dougherty & Catharine Kirkpatrick, 

his Wife, born Oct' 12*, 1775. 
Dec' 17*^ Jemima, Daughter of John Hutchins & Abigail Williams, his 

Wife, born Nov' 11% 1775. 
Dec' 24*''. Mary, Daughter of William Henry & Hannah Lockwood, his 

Wife, born Oct' 28'^ 1775. 



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Dec' 28"". Jennet; Daughter of Ann Hawkes Hay and Martha Smith, his 

Wife, born Nov"' 3'', 1775. 
Dec' 30"'. Agnes, Daughter of John Flejning & Margaret Clousen, his 

Wife, born Dec' 21^', 1775. 
Dec' 30"". David, Son of Henry Ludlow & Sarah Plowman, his Wife, born 

Nov' 24'^ 1775. 

(188) 

Dec' 30"". William, Son of William Gilbert and Mercy Bennet, his Wife, 
born Nov' 18*, 1775. 

1776. 

Jan'y 2^. John, Son of James Van Brakle and Agnes Bennet, his Wife, 

born Dec' 13*, 1775. 
Jan'y 3'^. Margaret, Daughter of William Murray and Margaret McDou- 

gal, his Wife, born Dec' 13*, 1775. 
Jan''' 7"*. James McKinney, Son of James Smith & Anne McKinney, his 

Wife, born Dec' 6*, 1775. 
j^j^ry ^th^ Ezra, Son of Prentice Bozven & Esther Livesey, his Wife, born 

Dec' 2o'^ 1775. 
Jan'^ 7"". Catharine, Daughter of James Buckmaster & Sarah Hill, his 

Wife, born Nov' 24% 1775. 
Jan'^ lo"". Amos, Son of Amos Knap & Jane Ogilvie, his Wife, born Nov' 

2^ 1775. 

Jan'y 14"'. James, Son of Robert Brough and Christian Laudet, his Wife, 

born Dec' 17*, 1775. 
Jan'^ i4'\ Sarah, Daughter of Heth Peck & Rachel Rosell, his Wife, born 

Dec' 8'^ 1775. 
Jan'y I4'^ Isaac, Son of Elvine Valentine & Abigail Oakley, his W^ife, born 

Dec' I5'^ 1775. 
Jan'y I4'^ William, Son of Thomas Bennet & Judith Calvin, his Wife, born 

Dec' II'^ 1775. 
Jan'*' 14. George, Son of George Powers, & Anna Guest, his Wife, born 

Dec' 7'^ 1775. 
Jan'y 14*''. Richard, Son of Jacob Parsell & Ann Parsell, his Wife, born 

Dec' 27% 1775. 
Jan'y .1 7'\ John McDougall, Son of John Lawrence & Elizabeth McDou- 

gall, his Wife, born Dec' 13"", 1775. 
Jan'y 20*. Augustus, Son of John Siemon & Susannah Hart, his Wife, born 

Dec' I5'^ 1775. 
Jan'y 21''. George, Son of Elizur Little & Ann Shell, his Wife, born Dec' 

28* 1775. 
Jan'y2i'*, Sarah, Daughter of Benjamin Caywood and Abigail Veal, his 

Wife, born Nov' 21''', 1775. 
Jan^ 28'". Elenor, Daughter of John McDonald & Sarah McDonald, his 

Wife, born Jan'^ 2 6'^ 1776. 

(189) . . 

Jany 28"'. William, Son of John Reid &c Susannah McClery, his Wife, born 

Jan'y I6'^ 1776. 
Jan'y 29"'. Verdine Ellsworth, Son of Richard Varian & Susannah Gar- 

dinier, his Wife, born Jan'^ 9'^ 1776- 
Feb'y 5"^. Maria, Daughter of Dennis Hicks and Ann Bancker, his Wife, 

born Feb'y 5'^ 1776. 



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Feb"^ 6"". Ebenezer, Son of William Irvin & Sarah Saunders, his Wife, 
born Jan"^ 2 7'\ 1776. 

Feb^ 6'*", Ann Donne, Daughter of Thomas Barnard & Betty Webber, 
his Wife, born Jan'^ i^ 1776. 

Feb'y 8"", William, Son of Robert Bryson & Mary Watson, his Wife, born \^ 
Der/ 15* 1775. 

Feb'y I8'^ John Washington, Son of Jacob Shoiirt and Susannah Cole- 
grove, his Wife, born Jan"^ 19"*, 1776. 

Feb'' 25"*. John Walker, Son of Turpin Holroyd & Susannah German, 
born Jan"^ 28'^ 1776, 

Feb''' 25'\ Hester, Daughter of Joseph Lee & Hester Conner his Wife, 
born Feb'5' 14"', 1776. 

March 2^. Richard Montgomery, Son of William Malcolm & Sarah Ays- 
cough, his Wife, born \sic\ 

March 3'^. Margaret, Daughter of Lewis Chadeayne and Sarah Charlotte, 
his Wife, born Jan"^ 13* 1776. 

March 3^ John, Son of Ganet Hyer and Ann Macpherson, his Wife, born 
Feb'' 19* 1776. 

March 3^ Pamela Woolsey, an Adult. \ ^^^''l "^^'^ ^""''y '^^ l^^^dwriting 
■-' -^' I changes. 

March 10"'. Elizabeth, Dau' of William Douglas^ and Christian HoUin his 

Wife, born Nov' Io'^ 1775. 
March 10* Elizabeth, Dau' of William Arnold & Mary Sheerwood his 

Wife, born Feb'' 12* 1776. 
March 10*. Elizabeth, Dau' of John Stnithson and Hannah Cochran his 

Wife, born Jan'' 3o'^ 1776. 
April i^'. Mary, Dau' of James Cobham & Hannah Houghton his Wife, 

born March 8'^ 1776. 
April i^'. Mary, Dau' of William Hannah & Mary Brennon his Wife, born 

March 22^ 1776. 
April i". Anna Orr, an Adult. 

(190) 

April 7'\ Andrew, son of Daniel Mc Alpine & Marg' Devine his Wife, born 

Feb" 17^ 1776. 
April 9"". Gilbert, son of William Broome., & Jane McClain his Wife, born 

March 31^', 1776. 
April i4'\ William, son of John Huthwright & Eleonar Connor, his Wife, 

born March 4*, 1776. 
April 21''. Mary, Dau' of Joseph Hallet & Elizabeth Hazard his wife, 

born Feb'' I9*^ 1776. 
May i2'\ Jane Vridenburgh, Dau' of Tho^ Collins & Catharine Dealand, 

his wife, born Jan'' 12'^, 1776. 
May i2'\ Hugh Munro, son of Alex' McLean & Ann McKoy (late Widow 

Glass) his wife, born April iS"*, 1776. 
May 19*. Elizabeth, Dau' of Peter Galatian & Elizabeth Warner his Wife, 

born Jan'' 17"', 1776. 
June 9'\ Daniel, son of John Tergie & Sarah Kipp his Wife, born June 

4'', 1776. ' 

June g"". Moses, son of Moses Sheerwood & Elizabeth Mulener, his Wife, 

born May 8'^ 1776. 
June 18"". Ann, Daughter of John McKenzie and Margaret Mcintosh his 

wife, born June 14*^ 1776. 



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June 23^. Hutchit, son of Hutchit Bartlct & Rebekah Green his wife, born 

June 3^ 1776. 
June 23^ Mary, Daughter of Hezekiah Ivers and Marj' Arden his wife, 

born May 22^^, 1776. 
July 2r*. Christopher, son of John Vanarsdalin, and Catharine Mills his 

wife, born July 2'', 1776. 
July 28"'. Joseph Banks, an Adult, 
August II*. Susannah, Daughter of Benjamin Kelly & and Jane Prichard 

his wife, born Feb'^ 7'*', 1776. 
October 9"". William, son of John Griffith & Sarah Evans his wnfe, born 

September 13% 1776. 
October 31". John Ellis, son of John Hodsden Esq' and Mary Grant his 

Wife, born October 30"*, 1776. 

(191) 

The following were baptized when the ] Church was despersed, during 
the war. the time of some of | baptisms unknown. 

William, son of Andrew Moodie and Margaret Galloway his Wife, born 
March 24"', 1768. 

Helen, their Daughter, born July 2**, 1777. 

1778. May 30'*". Martha, Daughter of Col. Ann Hawkes Hay and Mar- 

tha Smith his wife, born Nov' 22^^, 1777. 

1779. May 2 7'^ Mary Scot, Daughter of D' Charles McKnight & Mary 

Scot (late Widow Litchfield) his wife born January 29"", 1779. 
Dec' 21*'. William, son of Robert Bruce & Mary Langley his wife, 
born Nov' 24'^ 1779. 

1780. . June 2**. I-ewis Scot, son of Col. A. Hawkes Hay & Martha Smith 

his wife, born May 2*^, 1 780. 

1 781. June 3^ Isabel, Daughter of John Ramsay & Eliz"* Cox (late 

widow Marshal) his wife, born June 27"', 1780. 
Sept' i3'\ Margaret, Daughter of ^o\)Qx\. Bruce and Mary Langley 
his wife, born Aug' 29"", 1781. 

1782. Nov' id*. William, son of Col. Ann Hawkes Hay and Martha 

Smith his wife, born Aug' 26"', 1782. 

1783. Aug' Io'^ Mary Ann, Daughter of Robert Bruce and Mary Lang- 

ley his wife, born July 19"', 1783. 
Ebenezer, son of William Irving and Sarah Saunders his wife, born 

Jan'y 2 7'\ 1776. 
John Treat, their son, born May 26'^ 1778. 
Sarah, their daughter, born June 13"', 1780. 
John Alexander, son of John Turner & Christian Moncrieff, his 

wife born Dec' 15''', 1779. 
Archibald, their son, born Sept' 22^ 1781. 
William, son of William Arnold & Mary Sheerwood, his wife, born 

October 3^^, 1780. 
Benjamin, their son, born April 18"', i783-" 
John, son of Robert Gault, and Elizabeth Hallet his wife, born 

April 6'^ 1780. 
Charlotte their Daughter, born Sept' 8'^ 1781. 
Charles, their son, born February 3^ 1783. 
1780. ) Ann Sharp, Daughter of Dr. Charles McKnight & Mary Scot, his 
June. \ wife (late widow Litchfield) born 



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Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. [Jan., 



RECORDS OF THE 'REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH IN THE 
CITY OF NEW YORK.— Baptisms. 

(Continued from Vol. X., p. i6q, of The Record.) 



A" 1688. 
den 5 dicto. 

Eodem. 

Eodem. 

den 8 dicto. 

den II dicto. 

Eodem. 

den 16 diet. 
Eodem. 
den 22 diet. 
Eodem. 

Eodem. 

Eodem. 
Eodem. 
den 25 dicto. 
Eodem. 
den 7 May. 
den 14 dicto. 
den 16 diet. 
Eodem. 

, [449] 
Eodem. 



OUDKRS, KINDERS. 

Jan Jilleszen, Fytie Aeltje. 

Willems. 
TLaurensWesselSjAel- Wessel. 

tie Jans. 
Pieter Jacobszen de Jacob. 

Groot, Belitje Ari- 

ens. 
Jan Mol, Engeltie Johannes. 

Pieters. 

David Ackerman, Gelyn. 

Hillegond ver Plan- 

cken. 
Daniel Pieterszen, Abraham. 

Anneken Acker- 
mans, 
Jacob Boelen, Catha- Tryntie. 

rina Klock. 
Jan Pieterszen Want, Meynart. 

Marritje Pieters. 
Isaacq Graeu, Siisan- Simon. 

na Simons. 
Matthvs Gerritszen, Gerrit. 

Catharyn Houwart. 
Cornells Theunissen, Theiinis. 

Neeltje Bogaert. 

Petrusde Milt, Maria Antony. 

Van der heiil. 
Cornelis Quick, Maria Helena. 

Van Hoogten. 
Cornelis Michielszen, Neeltje. 

Niefje Davids. 
Fredrick Simonszen, Carel. 

Lea Fonteyn. 
Hermanns Borger, Warnar. 

Grietje Carsten. 
AVillem Homp, Tys- Brechtie. 

beth Claes. 
Guiljam Bartholf, Qurinus. 
MartyntieHendricx. 
Pieter Van d. Schue- Willem. 

ren, Sara Fiedricx. 

Wouter G3;sbertsz ver Dorothea. 
Schuur, Dorothea 
Caljers. 



GETUYGEN. 

Tobias ten Eyck, Neeltje 

Cornelis. 
Aert Elbertszen, Pietertje 

Jans. 
Jacob Pieterszen de 

Groot, Aefje de Groot. 

Assuerus Hendrickszen, 
Jan Pieterszen, Mar- 
ritje Pieters. 

Lucas Tienhoven, Tryn- 
tie Arents, 

Abraham Ackerman, Hil- 
legond ver Plancken. 

Albert Clock, Trj'ntie 
Boelen. 

Jacobus Janszen Keck, 
Janneken Joris. 

Hendrick Jilliszen, Wyn- 
tie Arents. 

Gerrit Thyssen, Grietie 
Jacobs. 

Theunis Gysbertszen Bo- 
gaert, Geertie Lange- 
dyck. 

Anthony de Milt, Tryntie 
Kip. 

Gerrit Cousynszen, Neel- 
tie Cornelis. 

Abraham Mol, Marritje 
Davids. 

Simon Hanszen, Maria 
F>edricks. 

Jan Langestraten, Mary- 
ken Arens. 

Jan Pieterszen Slot, Ju- 
dith Slot. 

Simon Jacobszen, Catryn 
Gerrits. 

Salomon Fredriex, Tho- 
mas Franszen, Grietie 
Plettenburg, 

Cornelis Janszen op ber- 
gen, Willem tje 



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OUDERS. KINDERS. 


den 23 diet. 


Ritchard Atfield, Ma- Anna Elisa 




ria VVessels. beth. 


den I Jiin. 


Matthys Janszen Brechtie. 




Boeckholt, Lysbeth 




Elsenwaert. 


den 10 d. 


George Walgrave, Mary. 




Magdalena Rutgers. 


Eodem, 


Theunis Dey, Anne- Sara. 




ken Seho^ten. 


Eodem, 


JanSipken, Elsje Bor- Jan. 




gers. 


den 17 diet. 


Hieronymus Van Jaeobus. 




Bommel, Siisanna 




Moll. 


den 20 d. 


Theunis Theuniszen, Geertie. 




Geesje Hendricks. 


den 27 diet. 


Willem Eranszen, Willem. 




Janneken Arents. 


den 8 Jul. 


Evert Aertszen, Mar- Maryken. 




ritje Herex. 


den 12 d. 


Jan Sprat, Maria de Cornelia. 




Peyster. 


den 22 d. 


Robbert Barekins, Thomas. 




Christyntie Ste- 




phens. 


Eodem. 


Esaias Janszen Van Anna. 




dyck, Janneken 




Lambertsz. 


den 25 d. 


de H' Anthony Anthony. 




Broeekholt, Susan- 




na Sehriek. 


den I Aug. 


Hendriek Boelen, Abraham. 




Anneken Court. 


den 21 diet. 


Victor Bicker, Claes- Victor. 




je Blanck. 


den 24 diet. 


John Henry, Men John. 




Henr5\ 


den 28 diet. 


Isaac de Mill, Sara Isaac. 




Joosten. 


den 2 Sept. 


Olfert Sourt, Mar- Heyltje. 




grietje Cloppers. 


Eodem. 


Evert Hendrickszen, tJrseltje. 




Metje Harden- 


[450] 


broeek. 


den 9 Sept. 


Michiel Farton, Su- Michiel. 



sanna Leydsler. 

Eodem. de H' Abrah. de Pey- Catharina. 

ster, Catharina de 
Peyster. 



GJ,TUYGEN. 

Francois Rombout, Ael- 
tie Wessels. 

Herman Janszen, Johan- 
nes Elsenwaert, Anne- 
ken Elsenwaert. 

Pieter de Riemer, Catali- 
na Van Vleck. 

Jochem Kierstede, Eys- 
beth Schouten. 

Wyt Tinimer, Janneken 
Joris. 

Pieter de Riemer, Mar- 
gareta Meynarts. 

Cornells Hendricxen, 
Agni'etie Barents. 

Arie Van den Bogaert, 
Belitie Arents. 

Aert Albertszen, Grietie 
Wessels. 

Abraham de Peyster, Cor- 
nelia de Peyster. 

Hendriek Jaeobszen, 

Hester Glieves. 

Jan der Val, Cathrina 
van Cortlant. 

de H"^ Coin' Nicolaes 
Bayard, Gabriel Mon- 
vielle, Judith Varleth. 

Barent Court, Aefje Boe- 
len. 

Justus tFitsvelt, Annietje 
Blanck. 

Wilhelm Grefify, John 
Thomaszen, Jeanne 
Gemert. 

Pieter de Mill, Styntie 
Jans, Maria Joosten. 

Johannes Clopper, Cata- 
lyntje Cloppers. 

Caspar Hardenbroeck, 
Urseltje Duytsman. 

John Spragg, Robbert 

Walters, Catharina 

Leydser. 
John Sprat en Samiiel de 

Peyster, Juff'. Judith 

Bavard. 



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OUDERS. KINDERS. 

Eodem. Jan Peeck, Elisabeth Johannes. 

V. Iiiisburg. 
den 16 diet. Hendrick Wessels- Jannetje. 

zen ten Broeck, Jan- 
netje Breestede, 
Eodem. Jeams Penser, Lys- Elisabeth. 

beth de Waron. 
den 26 diet. Tobias Stoutenbtirg, Jan. 

Ann eke n V. RoUe- 

gom. 
Eodem. Pieter Adolf, Janne- Maryken. 

ken V. Borsum. 
den 7 Oct. Pieter Janszen Ha- Grietie. 

ring, Grietie Bogart. 
Eodem. Stephanus V. CortP, Gysbert. 

Getruyd Schuyler. 

Eodem. Ephraim Hermans, Ephraim. 

Elysabeth Rodens. 

den 10 diet. Thammes Meets, Jo- Johanna, 
hanna de Wit. 



den 14 diet. Thomas Franszen, Frans. 

Tryntie Breedstede. 
Eodem. Willem Peerszen, Lysbeth. 

Grietje Kierszen. 
Eodem. Paiilus Van der Janneken. 

Beeck, Sara Schoii- 

ten. 
den 28 diet. Johannes Michiels- Enoch. 

zen, Claesje Lu- 

lincx. 
Eodem. David Provoost, Janneken. 

Tryntie Laurens, 
den 4 Nov. Rip Van Dam, Sara Nicolaes. 

Van der Spiegel. 
Eodem. Hendrick Jilliszen, Hendrick. 

Elsje Claes. 
den 1 1 diet. Johannes Kip, Catha- Sara. 

rina Kierstede. 

den 14 dicto. Claeek Lock, Kniert- Adriaentie. 

[451] je Hendricx. 

den 18 diet. Lucas Tienhoven, Cornelis. 

Tryntje Bording. 
Eodem. Ritza'rd Hitman, Mar- Jan. 

ritie Karseboom. 
den 21 dicto. Corn. Michielszen, Jannetje. 

Metje Dircx. 



GETUYGEN. 

Johannes Kip, Susanna 

de Foreest. 
Simon Breedstede, Elsje 

ten Broeck. 

Ambrosius de Waron, 
Adriaentie Thomas. 

Jan Joosten van Rolle- 
gom, Geertruyd Van 
Roll ego m. 

Hendrick Van Borsum, 
Agnietie Adolfs. 

Pieter Janszen Bogart, 
Grietje Cosyns. . - 

Robbert Livingston, Sec- 
ret= tot N, Albany An- 
na Renselaer. 

Johannes van Brug, Sam- 
uel Bayard, Helena de 
Key. 

Jan Hendr. de Br^iyn, 
Pieter de Riemer, Isaac 
de Foreest, Johanna de 
Bruyn. 

Simon Breedsteden, Aef- 
je Lucas. 

Jan Kierszen, Jannetie 
Kierszen. 

Jan Schouten, Anna 
Schouten. 

Enoch Michielszen, Mar- 
ritje Dircx. 

M' Samuel Staets, Johan- 
na Reynders. 

Henricus Selyns, Marga- 
reta de Riemer. 

Isaac Kip, Sara de Mill. 

Hans Kierstede, Maria 

Montagne, Rachel 

Kierstede. 
Dirck Van der Clyft, 

Geesje Hendricx. 
Tobias Stoutenburg, Saer- 

tie Van Feurden. 
Evert ) 
Grietie f 
Pieter Jacobszen Marius, 

Tryntie Michiels. 



Karseboom. 



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OUDERS. KINDERS. 

Eodem. Jean du Foiirt, Jan- Ariaentie. 

netje Jans, 
den 25 dicto. Jan Kierszen, Gerrit- Grietje. 

je Jans. 
Eodem. Jan Montagne, An- Abraham. 

netje Waldrons. 
den 23 Dec. John Pinkens, Janne- Jan. 

ken.Hercx. 

den 25 diet. Teeunis Corneliszen, Tryntie. 
Cathrina Padlus. 



GETUYGEN. 

Theunis Idenszen, Anne- 
ken Claes. 

Claes Janszen Van Hey- 
ningen, Annetje Jans. 

Abraham Kip, Adriaentie 
Ekens. 

Evert Aertszen, Johannes 
Van Vorjt, . Marritje 
Hercx. 

Balthijs Barentszen, Pie- 
tertje Idens. 



A° 1689. 

den 10 Jan. Jacob Meene, Aeltie Anna. 

Steems. 
Eodem. Willem Buyel, Janne- Willem. 

ken Frans. 
den 16 diet. Lucas Kierstede, Sara. 

Rachel Kip. 
den 20 dicto. Henr. de Foreest, Gerrit. 

Femmetje Flaes- 

berg. 
den 25 dicto. Evert Arentszen, Jo- Arent. 

hanna Van Speyck. 
Eodem. Anthony Sarlye, Jo- Catalyntie. 

syntie Thomas, 
den 30 dicto. Oufreen Soor, Sophy Johannes. 

Mary de Wit. 

Eodem. Jacobfis Gofilet, Jan- Jacob. 

neken Sozard. 
Eodem. Jan Dircksxen, Cata- Cornelis. 

lina Clopper. 
Eodem. Reyer Michielszen, Saertie. 

Jacomyntie Tibout, 
Eodem. Gerbrant Claeszen, Cornelis. 

[452] Marritje Claes. 

den 3 P^eb. Joris Borger, Lysbeth Engeltje. 

B{irgers. 
Eodem. Benjamin Blaeck, J6- Samiftel. 

dith Edsal. 

den 6 diet. Thomas Cr<indall, Lydia. 
Debora de Meyert. 

Eodem. Jsaac de Foreest, Lys- Margareta. 

beth Van der Spie- 
gel. 



Machtelt de Riemer, H. 

V. Jasper Nissepadt. 
Corneha Willems. 

Johannes Kip, Blandina 

Kierstede. 
Assuerus Hendrickszen, 

Susanna de P'oreest. • 

Arentszen Jsaacszen, An- 
na Van Hoeck. 
Jacoblis Cock, Mayken 

Herberdinck. 
Hendrick ten Eyck, Jacob 

Leendertszen, Johanna 

de Wit. 
Charles Ntisliol, Lydia 

Willemyns. 
Albertus Van de Water, 

Tryntie Dircx. 
Bastiaen Michielszen, Jan- 

netje Tibotit. 
Gerrit Hardenberg, Aelt- 

je Schepmoes. 
Elias Borger, Engeltje 

Mans. 
Jacob Teller, 
Wandel ) 
Christina J. 
Henrictis de Meyert, 

Samuel Straets, Janne- 

ken Van dyck. 
Jacobus Van der Spiegel, 

Stisanna de Foreest. 



Wessels. 



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Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. f Jan ,, 



OUDERS. KINDERS. 

den lo d. Dirck ten Eyck, Aef- Maryken. 

je Boelen. 
Eodem. Francois Van der Mattheiis. 

Koeck, Levyntie 

de Vries. 
den 13 diet. Jean Le niontez, He- Johannes. 

lena Fell. 

den 1 7 diet. Jacobtis Berry, Lys- Debora. 
beth LScas. 

den 24 diet. HenricAs ten Eyck, Jacob 
Petronella de Wit. Rachel 

Eodem. John Piroo, Metje Pieter. 

Pieters. 
Eodem. Frans Wesselszen, Geertie. 

Tryntie Jans. 
Eodem. Vincent Montagnie Jan. 

Ariaentje Jans 
den I Mart."^ Arent Fredrickszen, Cornelis. 

Sara Koevers. 
Eodem. ^ Andries Thomson, Andries. 

Marritje Breed- 

stede. 
den 3 dicto. Isaac Bedlo, Hermi- Cornelis. 

na Groenendael. 
Eodem. ', Francois Puy, Annie Mary. 

Elsten. 
den 10 diet. Barent Hyben, Sara Rachel. 

Ennes. 
den 13 diet. Hendrick Abrahams- Anna. 

zen, Catharina Jans. 
Eodem. Gerrit Leydecker, Cornelia. 

Neeltje Van der 

Kiiyl. 
den 17 dieto. Jacobus de Beauvois, Johannes. 

Maria Jooslen. 
den 25 diet. Frans Goderus, Re- Catharina. 

[453] becca Ennes. 

den 27 dicto. Hendrick Van Ren- Maria. 

selaer, Catharina 

Van Erug. 
den 31 dicto. Hendrick Jacobszen, Hendrick. 

Anneken Fellart. 
Eodem. Ritzard Hartfort, Do- Ritzard. 

rothea Cox. 
Eodem. Willem Hellaken, Tryntie. 

Tryntie Boelen. 
den 7 Apr. Zacharias Laurens- Maryken. 
zen, Aeltje Gys- 
berts. 



GETUYGEN. 

Hendrick Boelen, Annet- 

je Cofirt. 
Gerrit, Hellaer, Mayken 

Cornelis, en Susanna 

Themmers. 
Jan Vincent, Hendrick 

Jacobszen, . Anneken 

Jans. 
Samuel Berry, Aeije Lu- 
cas. 
Dirck ) ^ T-.. 1 
Tobias \ *^^ %.^^' 
Johanna Gerrits. 
Caspar Pieterszen, Aech- 

tie Jans. 
Jan Direkszen Meyer, 

Francyntie Stultheer. 
Jan Thomaszen, Annetje 

Waldron. 
Maurits Koevers, Barber 

Liieas. 
Andries Breedstede, Mar- 

ritie Andries. 

Claes Borger, Catharina 

. der Val. 
Albertus Ringo. 

•Jilles Provoost, Geesje 

Lievens. 
Johannes Van Vorst, Aelt- 

je Coleveet. 
Albertus Ringo, Femmet- 

je Laurens. 

Cornelis Joosten, Marga- 
reta de Riemer. 

Abraham de Peyster, Ca- 
tharina de Peyster. 

Stephanus Van Cortlant, 
Catharina Roelofs. 

Jan Muncken, Susanna 
Fellart. 

Gerrit Leydecker, Neelt- 
je 

Hendrick Boelen, Aefje 

Boelen. 
Marten Clock, Assuerus 
Hendrickszen, Neeltje 
Gysberts. 



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Eodem. 

Eodem. 
Eodem. 
den 12 diet, 
den 17 diet. 

Eodem. 

den 21 diet. 

Eodem. 

Eodem. 

den 24 diet. 

Eodem. 

Eodem. 

den I May. 

den 5 dicto. 
Eodem. 
Eodem. 
Eodem. 

[454] 
den 5 May- 
den 9 diet. 
Eodem. 



den 19 diet. 



OUDERS. KINDERS. 

Leonardt Van der Anneken. 
Grist, Styntie Else- 
wart. 
Joost raiding, Cathri- Abraham. 

na 'Duyts. 
Jacobus Colve, Jan- Johannes. 

neken Jans. 
Andries Meyer, Cornelis. 

Vrouwtje Van Vorst. 
Nicolaes Stuyv^sant, Anna. 
EUsabethVan Sleeh- 
tenhorst. 
Johannes Beeekman, Thomas. 
Aeltie Thomas. 

Joost Stol, Anna Da- Elisabeth. 

vids. 
Johannes Van Gelder, Johannes. 

Aefje Roos. 
Jaeobus Corneliszen, Margariet. 

Aeltje Fredriex, 
Cornehs Cregier, An- Marten. 

netje Bording. 
Jan Pell, Janneken Samuel. 

Joosten. 
Meewes Carsten, David. 

Geertruyt Bartels. 
Cornelis Idenseen Gerrit. 

Van Vorst, Fytie 

Gerrits. 
John Crooke, Geer- John. 

triivd de haes. 
Jacob Phaenix, Aeltje Sander. 

Van Vleck. 
Jan Berver, Hen- Pieter. 

driekie Jans. 
Gerrit Diiycking, Ma- Christoffel. 

r5>ken Abeel. 

Johannes Clopper, Cornelis. 
Margrietje Hagen. 

Leendert Albertsz. Jaeobus. 

de Grau, Gerritje 
_Quick. 
Jan Evertszen, obyt. Jan. 

Engeltje Herex. 



Abraham Aekerman, Lysbeth. 
Aeltje Van Laer. 



GETUYGEN. 

Stoffel Elswart, Anneken 
Jans. 

Jan Andrieszen, Elisabeth 

Stephens. 
Johannes Casparszen, 

Marie Jans. 
Marcelis Pieterszen, An- 

. neken Van Vorst. 
Samuel Staets, Anna 
■ Stiiyvesant. 



Lalirenszen Po- 
Magdaleentie 



Thomas 

pinga, 

Abeel. 
David Christiaenszen, 

Janneken lievens. 
Gerrit Janszen Roos, 

Hester Van Gelder. 
Fredriex Arentszen, Jo- 

syntie Ver hagen. 
Pieter Jacobszen Marius, 

Tryntie Bordings. 
Joost Carelszen, Styntie 

Joosten. 
Aert Elbertszen, Grietie 

Wessels. 
Marcelis Pieterszen, An- 

netie Harmens." 

Isaac de Foreest, Helena 

de Key. 
Isaac de Peyster, Catali- 

na de La noy. 
Johannes Martelin, Aeltje 

Jans. 
Gerard us Beeekman, Be- 

htje Byvanck, Celitie 

Duycking. 
D'. Johannes Kerfbyl, 

Anna Hagen, Cathari- 

na Rug. 
Carsten Lulirszen, Geer- 

tie Quick. 

De H^ Francis Nicols, 
dep. Gouverneur, Hie- 
ronymus Van Bommel, 
Marritje Hercks. 

Assuertis Hendriekszen, 
Hendrickje Wessel. 



40 



Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. [Jan., 



GETUYGEN. 



P2odem. Cornelis Quick, Ma- Cornelis. 

ryken Van Hoog- 
ten. 
den 20 diet. Hermannds Van Gel- Janneken. 

der, Telintie Teunis. 
Eodem. Cornelis Van Lange- Rachel. 

velt, Mary Grietfelt. 
den 26 diet. Johannes Hooglant, Johannes. 

Anneken Duycking. 
den 31 diet. Jan Jacobszen, Mar- Gerrit. 

grietie Gerrits. 
den 3 Jlin. Simon Claeszen, Claes. 

Tryntie Gerrits. 
den 12 diet. Francois Rombout, Johannes. 

Helena Teller. 
den 16 diet. M'. Samliel Staets, Catalina. 

Johanna Reynardts. 
den 19 diet. Gerrit HoUaerdt, Su- Thomas. 

sanna Thomas, 
den 26 diet. Jan de Vries, Neger, Dirck. 

Adriaentie Direks. 
den 30 diet. Jeremias Kennich, Anneken, 
Anne Wood. oud3jaren, 

Jeremias. 
Eodem. Bernardus Harden- Anna, 

broeek, Elisabeth 
Coely. 
Eodem. Egbert Fockenszen, Geesje. 

Elsje Lticas. 
den 7 Jul. Ide Andrieszen, Ibel Frans. • 

Goedtbloedt. 
Eodem. Clement Elsewaert, Anna Maria. 

Anna Maria Engels. 
den 10 diet. Pieter Jansz. V. Lan- Cornelis. 
gedyck,IGeertje Cor- 
nelis. 
den 24 diet. Jacob Corneliszen Frans. 
Stille, Marritie Hen- 
[455] dricks. 

Eodem. Jan Janszen Van Catharina. 

Flensburg, Marga- 
riet Martens. 
Eodem. Albertus Van de Wa- Margrietie. 

ter, Petronel Clop- 
pers. 
den 1 7 diet. Jean de La maistre, Abraham. 

Rtitje Waldron. 
den 21 diet. Pieter Janszen Bo- M'xria. 

gaertjFytie Thyssen. 
den 24 diet. PaulfisT^rek, Junior, Paultis. 
Marritie Reyers. 



Helena Van Br%. 



Jan Van Gelder, Senior, 

Jannetie Tennis. 
Laurens La<irenszen, Ca- 

tharyn Lievens. 
Dirck Hooglant, Jan By- 

vang, Catalina Joresy. 
Pieter Jacobszen, Elsje 

Pieters, 
La6rens Hoist, Hilletje 

Hoist. 
Nicolaes Bayard, Rachel 

Kierstede. 
Jan Br6yn, Henric6s de 
Meyert, DeboraMeyert. 
Urbanus Thomaszen, Eli- 
sabeth Jans. 
Hendrick WesSelszen, 

Janneken Wessels. 
Jacob de Key, Hillegond 

Teunis. 

M'. Samuel Staets, Anna 
Hardenbroeck. 

Claes Van Heyningen, 
Styntie Hendricx. 

Pieter Jacobszen, Geesje 

Idens. 
. Gerrit Leydecker, Ne el- 
tie Barents. 

Jacob Corneliszen, Geer- 
tie Jans. 

Pieter Janszen Van Lan- 
gendyck, Belitie Hen- 
dricks. 

Pieter de Riemer, Cathri- 
na de La Val. 

Johannes Clopper, Mar- 
grietie Ver Metilen. 

Johannes Waldron, Aeltje 
Waldron. 

Thomas Franszen, Tryn- 
tie thyssen. 

Pauliis Turck, Annetje 
Reyers. 



I 



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41 



Eodem. 
den 28 d. 

'den 29 d. 
Eodem. 

den 4 A6g. 
Eodem. 
den 1 1 diet. 

Eodem. 
Eodem. 

den 14 d. 
den 18 diet. 
Eodem. 
Eodem. 

den 30 d. 
Eodem. 

den I Sept. 

. [456] 
den 4 diet. 

Eodem. 

Eodem. 

Eodem. 



OUDERS. KINDERS. 

Johannes de Peyster, Johannes. 

Anna Banckers. 
Harmen Jansz, Touw Direkje. 

Slager,* Geesje 

Sehfiurmans. 
M'. Abraham de La- Johannes. 

noy, Cornelia Tol. 
Jan Legget, CateHna Raehel. 

Tenbroeck. 



Thymen Franszen, 

Hester Pluviers. 
Johannes Gardyn, 

Direkje Jans. 
CapV Carel Lodwyk, 

Margareta Mey- 

nards. 
Robbert Derkins, 

Styntje Gosens. 
Johannes Van Im- 

burg, Margareta 

Van Schayck. 
Heynian Coninck, 

Maria Andries. 
Thomas Herdin, Ca- 

tharina Bedlo. 
Theunis Herckxen, 

Sophia Hendricx. 
Hendrick Van Bos- 

siim, obyt, Marri- 

tie Van der Kuyl. 

Jan Janszen Mayer, 
Annetje Idens. 



Neeltje. 

Johannes. 

Elisabeth. 

Robbert. 
Rebecca. 

Jacob. 
Johannes. 
Margariet. 
Hendrickje. 

Hille-J I 
g o n d V I 
Direkje 



Claes Van Heynin- Cornelia, 
gen, Janneken Kier- 
sen. 
Willem Teller, Junior, Willem. 

Rachel Kierstede. 
Willem Hoogstyler, Trezia. 

Ariaentie Samuels. 
Jacob Franszen, Mag- Cornelis. 

daleentie Cornelis. 
Alexander Lam, Lys- Joris. 

beth Conincks. 
Jacobus Janszen Maria. 

Kock, Steyntie 

Meynarts. 



GETUYGEN. 

Abraham \ , ^ ■ 
Cornelia \ ^^ P^^^^^^' 
Caspar Pieters, Lysbeth 
Schuurmans. 

Pieter de Lanoy, Corne- 
lia de Peyster. 

Hendrick Hendriekszen 
Ten broeck, Geertriiyd 
Tenbroeck. 

Jacob Franszen, Neeltje 
Pluviers. 

Jan Vincent, Annetje 
Vincent. 

Sam{iel Meynard, Jan 
Harberding, Annetje 
Everts. 

Hendrick Jacobszen, 
Hester Clyb. 

Jacob Kip, senior, Re- 
becca Idens. 

Alexander Lam, Maria 
Conincx. 

Isaac Bedlo, Lysbeth 
Bedlo. 

Marten Hendricxen, 

Grietie Hendricx. 

Gerrit Leydecker, Thy- 
men Van Bossum, Jan- 
neken Van Bossum. 

Pieter Mej'er, Cornelis 
Van Vorst, Vrouwtie 
Van Vorst, Pietertie 
Van Vorst. 

Jan Kiersen, Sara Van 
Feurden. 

M'. Hans Kierstede, He- 
lena Teller. 

Arent Theymenszen, 
Geesje Arents. 

Thymen Franszen, Mar- 
ritie Comens. 

Heyman Coninck, Lys- 
beth Conings. 

Revnier Meynartszen, 
Tryntie Reyniers. 



* Ropemakcr. 



42 Records of Ralnvay and Plainfield, N. J. [Jan. 



RECORDS OF RAHWAY AND PLAINFIELD [N.J.] MONTHLY 
MEETING OF FRIENDS (FORMERLY HELD AT AMBOY 
AND WOODBRIDGE). BIRTHS. 



Communicated by Hugh D. Vail, Esq. 



(Continued from VoL X., p. 143, of The Rec»rd.> 

Day. Month. Year, 

Rohde Dell Daughter of Richard Dell and Elizabeth his 

wife was born 28 

Mary Hampton Daughter of W™ Hamton and Sarah his 

wife was born 27 

Ame Hampton Daughter of W™ Hamton and Sarah his 

wife was born 29 

Benjamin Hampton Son of W° Hampton and Sarah his 

wife was born 20 

Vnis Fitz Randolph Daughter of Hartshorn Fitz Randolph 

and Ruth his wife was born 30 

Sarah Haydock daughter of John Haydock and Mary his 

wife was born i 

Mary Shotwell daughter of Isaiah Shotwell & Constant his 

wife was born 23 

Jediah Shotwell Son of Isaiah Shotwell and Constant his 

wife was born 15 

Ebenezor Clark Son of Joseph Clark and Elizabeth his 

wife was born 19 

Elizabeth Shotwell daughter of Benjamin Shotwell and Ame 

his wife was born 17 

Thomas Shotwell Son of Benjamin Shotwell and Ame his 

wife was born 10 

William Shotwell Son of Benjamin Shotwell & Ame his 

wife was born 27 

Lidia Shotwell daughter of Benjamin Shotwell & Ame his 

wife was born 27 

Abigal Huat Daughter of Marmaduke Hunt & Elizabeth 

his Wife was born the 23 

Gilbert Hunt Son of Marmaduke Hunt & Elizabeth his 

Wife was born 10 

James Hunt Son of Marmaduke Hunt & Elizabeth his 

Wife was born 3 

Samuel Hunt Son of Marmaduke Hunt & Elizabeth his 

Wife was born 23 

Peter Shotwell son of Isaiah Shotwell and Constant his 

wife was born 2 

David Harned son of Jonathan Harned & Sarah his wife 

was born 10 



12 ] 


1773 


6 


[770 


8 ] 


772 


2 J 


C775 


5 1 


765 


3 1 


776 


9 1 


r773 


3 


[775 


8 ] 


1776 


4 ] 


[762 


12 


[764 


4 


[766 


7 


[769 


II ] 


t765 


5 1 


[767 


9 ^ 


[768 


12 ] 


[770 


6 


[777 


8 1 


[767 



i88o.] Records of Rahway and Plainfield, N. J. 43 

Day. Month. Year. 
769 



Jacob Harned Son of Jonathan Harned & Sarah his wife 

was born 9 7 

Nathanil Harned son of Jonathan Harned «& Sarah his 

wife was born 30 9 

Sarah Harned daughter of Jonathan Harned & Sarah his 

wife was born 5 12 

Nathaniel Harned a Second son of that name and Son 

Jonathan Harned & Sarah his wife was born 5 12 

WiUiam Marsh son of WilUam Marsh arRi Sarah his wife 

was born 12 8 

Isaac Marsh son of William Marsh and Sarah his wife was 

born 16 4 

Mary Marsh Daughter of William Marsh and Sarah his 

wife was born 23 2 

Samuel Marsh Son of William Marsh and Sarah his wife 

was born 6 4 

Susanah Marsh Daughter of William Marsh and Sarah his 

wife was born 11 2 

Hugh Marsh son of William Marsh and Sarah his wife was 

born 16 10 

Sarah Marsh Daughter of William Marsh and Sarah his 

wife was born 15 12 

John Marsh son of William Marsh and Sarah his wife was 

born 9 3 

James Marsh son of William Marsh and Sarah his wife was 

born ; 10 9 

Mulford Marsh son of William Marsh and Sarah his wife 

was born 20 6 

Charles Marsh son of William Marsh and Sarah his wife 

was born 24 5 

Gideon Marsh son of William Marsh and Sarah his wife 

was born 28 3 

Elizabeth Marsh daughter of William Marsh and Sarah his 

wife was born 24 8 

Rachel Marsh daughter of William Marsh and Sarah his 

wife was born. - 15 ^ ^ 

Robert Haydock son of John Haydock & Mary his wife 

was born 4 4 

Abel Shotwell son of Isaiah Shotwell & Constant his wife 

was born • 2 2 

Abigal Marsh Daughter of Mordeica Marsh and Mary his 

Wife was born • • • 18 8 

Charlotte Shotwell daughter of David Shotwell & Eliza- 
beth his wife was born 20 3 

William Hampton son of William Hampton & Sarah his 

wife was born 24 12 

Sarah Hampton daughter of William Hampton & Sarah 

his wife was born 28 8 

Thomas L Shotwell son of Isaiah Shotwell & Constant 

his wife was born i 9 

James Dell son of Randal Dell & x\nn his wife was born. 25 9 



771 
773 

775 
754 
756 

758 
760 

762 

763 
764 
767 
768 
771 
773 
775 
776 

778 
779 
779 
779 
780 
776 

779 

781 

773 



AA Records of Rahway and Flainfield, N. J. [Jan., 

Day. Month. Year. 

Jane Dell daughter of Randol Dell & Ann his wife was 

born . 9 12 

William Dell son of Randol Dell & Ann ,his wife was 

born 20 I 

Margret Vail daughter of John Vail & Catherian his wife 

was born 5 i 

Edward Vail son of John Vail and Catherian his wife was 

born 27 3 

Amos Vail son of John Vail and Catherian his wife was 

born 31 7 

Isaac Vail son of John Vail and Catherian his wife was 

born I 8 

Phebe Vail Daughter of John Vail and Catherine his wife 

was born 17 10 

Nathan Vail son of John Vail and Catherine his wife was 

born 3 5 

Joel Vail son of John Vail and Catherian his wife was 

born 7 I 

Samuel Hartshorn Shotwell son of David Shotwell & 

Elizabeth Shotwelll his wife was born at Rahway 

the 6 5 

Samuel Latham son of Thomas Latham & Miriam his wife 

was born 23 i 

William Shotwell son of Isaiah Shotwell & Constant his 

wife was born 7 3 

Mary Lundy Daughter of Jacob Lundy & Sarah his wife 

was born , 26 6 

Margret Shotwell Daughter of Henry Shotwell & Sarah 

his wife was born 30 8 

Rachel Shotwell Daughter of W" Shotwell & Elizabeth 

his Wife was born i 2 

Catharine Shotwell Daughter of W"" Shotwell & Elizabeth 

his Wife was Born 21 9 

Anna Shotwell Daughter of W™ Shotwell & Eliz^ his wife 

was Born 31 8 

Phebe Shotwell Daughter of W°> Shotwell & Eliz* his wife 

was Born 13 8 

Elizabeth Shotwell Daughter of W"> Shotwell & Eliz" his 

wife was Born f] 9 

Elijah Shotwell son of William Shotwell & Eliz" his wife 

was Born 14 8 

John Shotwell son of William Shotwell & Elizabeth his 

wife was Born 29 5 

Grace Shotwell Daughter of Isaiah Shotwell & Constant 

his wife was Born 21 4 

Miram Copeland Daughter of Coperthwait Copeland & 

Margit his wife was born 14 i 

Mary Marsh daughter of Samuel Marsh & Anna his wife 

was born 20 8 

Hannah Elston daughter of Samuel Elston & Margret his 

wife was born i 5 



i88o.] Records of Rahway afid Plainfield, N. J. j^r 

Day. Month. Year. 

Margret Elston daughter of Samuel Elston & Margret his 

wife was born 5 J2 j^^q 

John Shotwell & Margaret his Wife their daughter Jane 

was born ^ e 1772 

barah 20 3 1774 

Margaret 6 i 1776 

, . Phebe 17 9 1780 

their son Joseph 14 7 173^ 

Twins I daughters ■1^^,^''>'--V ^4 8 1785 

j =» ( Ehzabeth 14 8 1785 

Hannah 15 c 1787 

Rebecca 8 8 1789 

Eleanor ' 28 10 1792 

Ann Shotwell Daughter of Henry Shotwell & Sarah his 

wife was Born i x 2 1787 

Joseph Shotwell son of Isaiah Shotwell & Constant his 

wife was born 14 5 1787 

Charles Nicols son of Benjamin Nicols & Mary his wife 

was Born 15 4 1788 

Smith Shotwell son of William Shotwell & Elizabeth his 

wife was Born 29 5 1 787 

Thos. Pound son of Elijah Pound & Isabella his wife was 

Born : 13 II J 784 

Jacob Pound son of Elijah Pound & Isabella his wife 

was Born 6 i 1787 

Margaret Pound Daughter of Elijah Pound & Isabella his 

wife was Born 30 4 1 788 

Thomas Brotherton son of W" Brotherton & Sarah his 

• wife was Born 16 2 1786 

Richard Brotherton son of William Brotherton & Sarah 

his wife was Born 30 8 1 787 

Hannah Murray Shotwell Daughter of Henry Shotwell 

& Sarah his wife was Born 14 10 1 788 

Sarah Shotwell Daughter of William Shotwell & Elizabeth 

his wife was born 13 3 1 789 

Hannah W Marsh Daughter of Sam^ Marsh & Ann his 

wife was born 10 5 1788 

Abraham Brooke son of Charles Brooke & Amy his Wife 

was Born 20 6 1 789 

Thomas Dobson Shotwell son of Henry Shotwell & Sarah 

his Wife was Born 17 3 1 790 

Edmond Shotwell son of Isaiah Shotwell & Constant his 

Wife was born 3 4 1 791 

Elizabeth Shotwell daughter of Henry Shotwell & Sarah 

his Wife was born 22 9 1791 

Mary Brotherton Daughter of William Brotherton & Sarah 

his Wife was Born 31 8 1 789 

Elizabeth Brotherton Daughter of William Brotherton & 

Sarah his Wife was Born. 7 7 1 791 

Mary Laing dau of John Laing & Susannah his Wife was 

Born II 8 1768 



46 Records of Rahway arid Flaififield, N. J. [Jan., 

Day. Month. Year. 

David Laing son of John Laing & Susannah his Wife was 

Born II 12 

Joseph Laing son of John Laing & Susannah his wife was 

Born 21 2 

John Laing son of John Laing & Susannah his Wife was 

Born 27 3 

Elizabeth Laing dau' of John Laing & Susannah his Wife 

was Born 2 2 

Isaac Laing son of John Laing & Susannah his Wife was 

Born 15 8 

Jacob Laing son of John Laing & Susannah his Wife was 

Born 20 12 

William Laing son of John Laing & Susannah his Wife 

was Born 21 3 

Sarah Laing dau of John Laing & Susannah his Wife was 

Born 6 7 

Rachel Laing dau of John Laing & Susannah his Wife was 

Born 9 12 

Anna Laing daughter of John Laing & Susannah his Wife 

was Born 8 2 

Anna Harned Daughter of Jonathan Harned & Sarah his 

Wife was Born 12 J2 

John Harned son of Jonathan Harned & Sarah his Wife 

was Born 16 3 

Rebecca Harned Daughter of Jonathan Harned & Sarah 

his Wife was Born 17 i 

Deborah Harned Daughter of Jonathan Harned & Sarah 

his Wife was born 16 6 

Jonathan Harned son of Jonathan Harned & Sarah his 

Wife was Born 10 10 

Samuel Marsh son of Samuel Marsh & Ann his Wife was 

born 27 8 

Samuel Emlen Shotwell son of Isaiah Shotwell & Con- 
stant his Wife was born 21 5 

Hugh Pound son of Samuel Pound & Katharine his Wife 

was Born 3 6 

Anna Pound Daughter of Samuel Pound & Katharine his 

Wife was Born 26 7 

John Pound son of Samuel Pound & Katharine his Wife 

was Born 10 i 

Elizabeth Pound Daughter of Samuel Pound & Katharine 

his Wife was Born 16 i 

William Pound son of Samuel Pound & Katharine his 

Wife was Born 21 3 

Samuel L Pound son of Samuel Pound & Katharine his 

Wife was Born 27 ,3 

Mary Shotwell Daughter of Henry Shotwell & Sarah his 

Wife was Born 6 5 

Miriam Shotwell Daughter of WiUiam Shotwell & Eliz- 
abeth his Wife was Born 19 9 



i88o.] Records of St. Georges Chjirch, Hempsiead, L. J. 47 



RECORDS OF ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, HEMPSTEAD, L. L 

BAPTISMS. 



Communicated by Benjamin D. Hicks, Esq. 



(Continued from Vol. X., p. lag.^of The Record.) 



1760. 

Oct. 28. Sarah Peterson, adult. 

" " Thomas, son of the above. 

Jan. 24. Sarah Treadwell, Samuel Treadwell, William Treadwell, adults. 

" " Elizabeth, d. of Benjamin and Sarah Treadwell. 

" " John Wolley, Joseph Woiley, William WoUey, Benjamin Wolley, 
Samuel Wolley, adults. 

" '• Thomas, s. of John and Hannah Wolley. 

Jan. 25. James, s., Mary, d., of James and Mary Neuvell. 

Feb. 27, John, s., Phebe, d., Anne, d., Sarah, d., Daniel, s., of Daniel 
and Pegge Kissam. 

" " Elizabeth Mott, adult. 

Mar. 7. Hannah, d., Mary, d., Anne, d., of Adam and Mary Carman. 

" " William, s. of Peter and Elizabeth Holmes. 

" •' Hannah, d. of Israel and Mary Smith. 

" " Ruth, d., Rebecca, d., of Stephen and Mary Smith. 

" " Sarah Bedle, adult. 

April 30. Mary, d., Sarah, d., of William and Kaziah Fowler. 

May I. Rebecca, d. of Joseph and Phebe Thurston. 

" " Thomas, s., James, s., of Peter and Margaret Stringham. 

May II. Stephen, s. of Stephen and Mary Smith. 

" " Lorada, d. of John and Mary Rowland. 

June 19. At Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., Hannah, d. of William and 
Sarah Bedel. 

" " Peter, s. of Peter and Hannah Filkins. 

June 29. Benjamin Cornel, adult. 

July 16. Sarah, d. of Richard and Mary Rhodes. 

" " Hannah, d. of the widdow Elizabeth Bunts. 

July 20. At Oyster Bay, L. I., Isaac, s. of John and Mary Hewlett. 

Aug. 3. At Huntington, L. I., Mary, d. of Edmund Andrews. 

" " Deborah, d. of Zophar Rogers. 

Aug. 28. William, s. of William and Mary Johnson. 

Sep. 13. Mary, d., David, s., Phebe, d., Deborah, d., John, s., William, 

s., of John and Elizabeth Allen. 

Sep. 16. Isaac, s. of Phebe Gritman. 

Sep. 17. At Huntington, L. I., Phebe D., d. of Luke Ruland. 

Nov. 2. At Fishkill, Mary, d. of Thomas and Phebe Spragg. 

" " Elizabeth, d. of Johannes and Ann Young. 



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Nov. 2. Jane, d. of Thomas and Hannah Southward. 

At Fishkill, Phebe, d., Anne, d., of Henry and Anne Southward. 
Mary, d. of Elias Conklin. 
Elizabeth, d. of John and Jemime Terbus. 
Nov. 4. At Beekman's Precinct, Anne, d. of Joshua and Bridget Cham- 
plin. Sponsors, Bartholomew and Elizabeth Noxon. 
« " Elizabeth, d. of Simon and Penelop Noxon. Spofisors, Peter 
and Gertrude Noxon. 
Nov. 5. At Rumbout, Joseph, Anne, Hannah, Sarah Smith, adults. 
" " Anne Wilsey, adult. 
" " Elizabeth Sender, adult. 
" " . Phebe, d., Elizabeth, d., of Elizabeth Smith. 
" '* William, s., Thomas, s., of Thomas and Mary Halstead. 
Nov. 6. At Crum Elbow, Peter, s., Seaman, s., Phebe, d., Deborah, d., 
Sarah, d., of James and Sarah Germond. Surity with pa- 
rents, Isaac Germond, Esq. 
At Crum Elbow, Jacobus, s. of Jacobus and Eloner Filkins. 
At Crum Elbow, William, s., Mary, d., Sarah, d., Elizabeth, d., 

of William and Sarah Bedel. 
James, s., Peter, s., Silus, d., of Peter and Mary Germond. 
Bernard, s. of Bernard and Mary Filkins. 
James, s. of John and Elizabeth Germond. 
Jacob, s., Rhoda, d., Catherine, d., of Henry and Mary Filkins. 
Margery, d. of Christian and Catherine Tobius. 
At Crum Elbow, Peter, s., John, s., of John and Jerusha Warren. 
Sarah, d. of John and Jane Harris. 

At Phillips Manor, Mary, d. of Elisha and Diana Merritt. 
Sarah, d. of Philip and Dorcas Allen. 

1761. 

Arrabella, d. of Samuel and Elizabeth Pettitt. 
Reuben, s. of Henry and Sarah Jackson. 

At Huntington, L. I., Nathaniel, s. of Samuel and Margaret 
Allen. 
" " Stephen, s. of Shubel and Freelove Smith. 
" " Thomas, s. of Joseph and Deborah Mott. 
Mar. I. At Huntington, L. I., Bathsheba, d. of Richard and Bathsheba 

Rogers. 
April 12. John, s. of John and Mary Mason. 
" " Miriam, d. of John and Abigail Mott. 
'• " Phebe, d. of Isaac and Phebe Smith. 
June 5. William Cornell, adult. 
" " Hannah Cornell, adult. 
" " Elizabeth, d., Katherine, d., Melanchton, s., of William and 

Hannah Cornell. 
" " Stephen, s., Abigail, d., William s., Nance, d., of John and 

Hannah Cornell. 
" " Nelson Cornel, child. 
" ". Martha Smith, child. 

" " John, s., Caleb, s., Mary, d., of Daniel (deceased) and Mary 
Cornell. 



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June 5. Robert, s., Susanna, d., Jane, d., of Samuel Gardiner. 

" " James, s. of Elizabeth Lambertson. 

June II. Phebe Munse, adult. 

" *' Hannah Munse, adult. 

" *' Alchy Munse, child. 

*' " Jane, d. of John and Phebe Munse. 

" " Ann Henderson, adult. 

" " Margaret Cornel, adult. 

July 5. At Huntington, L. I., Rebecca Skudder, adult. 

" " Rebecca, d. of Timothy and Rebecca Skudder. 

" " Mary, d. of Caleb and Mary Wood. 

July 6. At Huntington, L. I., Richard, s., John, s., Griffith, s., of Griffith 

and Martha Thomas. Schoolmaster at Huntington. 

July 12. Stephen, s. of Stephen Thorn. 

" " Linnington, s. of Charles and Hannah Dorlondt. 

July 27. Elizabeth Hewlett, adult. 

" " Jane Hewlett, adult. 

" " Daniel Hewlett, adult. 

" " William Hewlett, adult. 

" " Elizabeth Hewlett, adult. 

" " Abigail, d. of Israel and Elizabeth Horsfield, of York Ferry. 

Aug. 2. At Oyster Bay, L. I., Howard, s. of Bernard and Jane Agin. 

Sep. — . At Oyster Bay, L. I., Thomas Youngs, adult. 

Nov. 15. At Huntington, L. I., Sarah, d. of Uriah and Mary Wright. 

" " John, s. of Jeremiah and Abigail Rogers. 

" " Elizabeth, d. of Dennis and Susannah Wright. 

Nov. 23. At Huntington, L. I., Rachel, d. of William and Joanneh 
Nichols, of Islip, L. 1. 

1762. 

Jan. 31. John, s. of John Linnington. 

Feb, 3. Samuel, s. of Edward and Phebe Spragg. 

" " William, s., Abner, s., of widdow Hannah Burns. 

" " Martha, d. of Edward and Hannah Verity. 

i< n Pegge, d. of Daniel and Phebe Smith. 

" " Elizabeth Spragg, adult. 

Feb. 4. Adam, s,, Philip, s., of George and Sarah Lawrence, of Flushing. 

Feb. II. Samuel Cornel, adult. 

" " Charles Cornel, adult. 

" " Hannah Cornel, adult. 

" " Joseph, s., Nancy, d., of Ruth Howard. 

•' " Samuel, s., Daniel, s., Jacob, s., of Joseph and Hannah Cornel, 

" " Jane, d. of Samuel and Katherine Cornel. 

". " Abigail, d., Rachel, d., of Charles and Abigail Cornel. 

Mar. 5. Martha, d. of Miriam Smith. 

" " Joseph Cheeseman, adult. 

*' " Sarah Cheeseman, adult. 

" " Joseph, Jr., Cheeseman, adult. 

" " Mary Cheeseman, adult. 

" " Sarah Cheeseman, adult. 

" " William Hutton, adult. 



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Mar. 5. 



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Phebe Hutton, adult. 

Anthony, s., Richard, s., Elizabeth, d., Samuel, s., of Joseph 

and Sarah Cheeseman. 
Samuel, s. of Samuel and Mary Denton. 
Catherine, d. of Isaac and Margaret Smith. 
Deborah, d., Catherine, d., of Timothy and Ann Smith. 
Betsey, d., Beekke, d., of Caleb and Margaret Southvvorth. 
Mary E., d. of Samuel and Elizabeth Martin. 
Anna, d. of Isaac and Jemime Forsure, of Westchester. 
At Oyster Bay, L. I., Hannah, d. of John and Mary Hewlett. 
Elizabeth, d. of Daniel and Pegge Kissam. 
Elizabeth Brooks, adult. 
Sarah, d. of Elizabeth Brooks. 

At Fishkill, Conrad, s. of Conrad and Rosannah Nesstey. 
Barbary, d. of Philip I. and Ester Shaff. 
Christian, s. of Christian and Margaret Duper. 
Katherine, d. of Joseph and Katherine Dolin. 
Freelove, d., Mary, d., of Elisha and Mary Bedell. 
Joseph, s. of James and Elizabeth Green. 
Elizabeth, d. of Peter and EUzabeth Bogardus. 
George, s. of Arthur and Mary Crosby. 

Catherine, d., Sarah, d., of John L. and Catherine Newberger. 
Mary, d. of James and Rachel Weeks. 
At Beekmans Precinct, Martine, s. of John and Margaret 

Smith, of Rumbout. 
Ann, d. of Christian Sackrider, of Nine Partners. 
At Fishkill, Hannah, d., Tunchee, d., of John and Catherine 

Holland. 
At Fishkill, Peter, s. of Roger and Rachel McDaniel. 
At Nine Partners, John, s. of Peter and Hannah Filkins. 
Eloner, d. of William and Sarah Beedell. 
James, s. of William and Nette Teare. 
Elizabeth, d. of Coleburt and Mary Robinson. 
Margaret, d. of John and Mary Murrey. 
Henry, s., Catreen, d., of Caleb and Catreen Husted. 
Hannah, d. of Henry and Mary Filkins. 
Cornehus, s. of Bernerd and Mary Filkins. 
Darius, s. of Darius and Mary Lobdell. 
At Rumbout, Jacob Wright, adult. 
Lydia, d., Elizabeth, d., William F., s., Joseph H., s., of Jacob 

and Mary Wright. 
Thomas D., s. of George D. and Frances Ludlow. 
Thomas, s. of Israel and Mary Smith. 
Rebecca, d. of Jonathan and Eloner Gildersleeve. 
Benjamin, s. of Uriah and Sarah Piatt. 
Samuel, s. of Samuel (deceased) and Freelove Wood. 



1763. 

Jan. 13. At Oyster Bay, L. I., Van Wick, s. of John and Mary Pol- 
hem us. 
" " Rhoda, d. of Abraham and Elizabeth Van Wick. 



iSSo.J Noies and Queries. c- 

Jan. 23. At Huntington, Joel, s. of Zophar and Deborah Rogers. 

" " Betsey, d. of Shubel and Freelove Smith. 

Feb. 10. Daniel Rhodes, adult. 

" " Mary, d., William, s., Benjamin, s., of Daniel and Miriam 
Rhodes. 

Feb. 18. Denton Dozenborough, adult. 

" " Elizabeth Dozenborough, adult. 

April 10. At Huntington, L. I., Dorcas, d. of Rogers. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 

Renaudet. — Can any one give information of James Renaudet prior to 1714? At 
that date he was married in the Dutch Church, N. Y., to Belitie, dau. of Adrian Hoog- 
landt ; then removed to Philadelphia, where the name is spelled on the Records of Christ 
Church as Renaudett, Renoudet, Renudet, and Renaudet. Through his daughter he 
has descendants in the Edgar, Howland, Leroy, Constable, and Pierrepont famifies. 

E. B. 

Schuyler. — F. H. Roof, of Rhinebeck, N. Y., requests information concerning 
the ancestors of Dominie Johannes Schuyler, who was pastor of the Dutch Church at 
Schoharie, N. Y., from 1736 to 1755, at Hackensack, N. J., from 1755 to 1766, and at 
Schoharie from 1766 to 1779, when he died. 

Van Alstyn.— [Record, X., p. 50.] The Church Records of Kingston, Kaatsbaau, 
and Coxsackie should be examined. The following entries are taken from the Dutch 
Church Records of Catskill ; 

BAPTIZED. 

1757 Sep. 18 Andries, Hermanis Van Alsteyn Catrina Van Alsteyn. 

1761 Jan. 25 Jochem Lammerse, Jacobus " Lidia ♦' 

1763 Feb. 26 Simion " " Lidia Larrewa. 

1765 Mch. 4 Lambert «* " •' 

1768 June 12 [no name given] Isack " En zyn vrow 

1769 July 29 Margrita Jacobus " Lidia Van Alsteyn, 

1770 Mar. 4 Pieter Harmen " Dina Larrewa. 

[No other entries between 1732 and 1800.] 

H. B. 

KiDD, Capt. Willi.vm. — Mr. De Peyster, in his address on the life and administra- 
tion of the Earl of Bellomont, before the New York Historical Society, in November 
last, stated that Capt. Kidd was the son of the Rev. John Kidd, a Scottish non-con- 
formist clergyman. Wliat is the authority for this statement ? P. Burke, in his "Cele- 
brated Naval and Military Trials," p. 21, says his birthplace was Greenock. 

There were numerous families of this name in Scotland, one of which was that of 
James Kidd, of Cragie, in Forfarshire, the son of Patrick Kidd, and who, according to 
an inquisition in 1663, had three sons, Patrick, his heir, GiiUelmiis (William), and Robert. 
May not our famous Capt. K. have been this Giilielmus ? L. 

Seymour. — Miss Mary K. Talcott, 133 Sigourney St., Hartford, Conn., is engaged 
in the work of collecting material for a genealogy of the descendants of Richard Sey- 
mour, of Hartford and Norwalk, who died in 1655. All persons interested in the family 
history are earnestly requested to communicate such information as they may have to the 
compiler. 

Shrieve. — Can any one give me an account of the family of High Sheriff Shrieve, of 
New York ? His wife's maiden name was Seymour, and she married, 2dly, Capt. Paul 
Day, of the 52d Regiment of Foot, in the British Army. Whose daughter was she, and 
where was she born ? miss mary k. talcott, 

133 Sigourney St., Hartford, Conn. 



C2 Notes on Books. [J^^^-' ^^^°- 

Noble-Van BRUGH.-Can any of the many readers of the Record verify the cor- 
rectness of the following, or give further information respecting the persons named . 

John Noble, born, Bristol, England, 1700. Came to Nevv York City, and m 1717 
married Catharine van Brugh. He afterwards went to the West Ind es where he died 
leaving two daughters, and probably a son, who also died soon after the father , one ot 
the daufrhters Marv in 1746, m.2.\x\tA Robert Cumtning, of Freehold, IN. J. 

S/SSzlriW/^was'bornin New York City about 1702. After the fe-th of 
her husband, his uncle. Sir John Stokes, of Stoke Castle. Br.stol^ ^"Sland sent fo the 
widow and children to come and live with him. After remaining some two years m 
England and losin^ one of her children, she, in 1723, returned to New York. Un tne 
Sth of August- T738, she married the celebrated Rev. Wrlliam Tennent, oi ^.^ Jersey 
bv cense dated /i August, 1738 (see Lib. I. of marriage book, p. 10, in the office of 
Se SeciSary of SUte, llb^nyi^N. Y.). Who were the parents of this Catha^r.. van 
Brugh ? 

History of Harlem.— Mr. Riker, whose valuable work upon Harlem is now in 
Dress will be happy to present a copy of it to any person who will furnish him authentic 
Fnformltion of thfrrench Huguenots, Gerard Magtster and his wife, Madelame PAdmt- 
ral, after they left Harlem in 1679. 

Van Horn — H. B. Sinks, 311 Walnut St., Phila., is collecting the genealogy of the 
Van Horns of this country. Parties having records will please send copies of s^!|f, giving 
dates of births, deaths, and marriages, also any biographical sketches. Will publisn 
same as soon as possible. 



NOTES ON BOOKS. 



Report of the Operations of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society 
OF Philadelphia for the Years 1878 and 1879. Pp. 23. 

This Society has held nine meetings in each year, and has had one or more essays 
read at each meeting, besides several addresses. The summary here presented ot the 
topics discussed indicates their learned and interesting character. 

Report and Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society for the 
Year 1878. Vol. I., pp. 140. 

This shows an act of incorporation and organization and inaugural proceedings of a 
fair character, and commences at once the publication of historical papers of much value, 
including the journal of Col. Francis Nicholson in 1710. Many of the names prmtea 
had, like his, a part of their history in the Colony of New York. 

The Family of Coghill, 1377 to 1879, with some Sketches of their Maternal Ances- 
tors, the Slingsby's of Scriven Hall, 1135 to 1879. By James Henry Coghill ; pp. 
193. Cambridge. Printed at the Riverside Press. 1879. 
This is a handsome pattern for a family memorial, with very neat plates, fine white 
paper a well bound book, and carefully compiled contents. Few families in this country 
can connect their ancestors so satisfactorily with the families of old England, and produce 
so interesting an account of them. The author, dating the work in our city, acknowl- 
edges " the services of professional gentlemen in examining records in each ot the coun- 
tries," and gives "thanks to Joseph S. Chester. LL.D., of London, Member of the 
Council of the Historical Society of Great Britain, for valuable information, and also tor 
suggestions and advice which were of great service." We will not repeat the hrst paia- 
graph of his preface. It expresses what is often experienced, and may well be read by 
others commencing such a work, and the book itself may also be treated as one ht to be 
imitated and not easily surpassed, except by an Index. 

Other notes of books have to be postponed. The serials deserve particular men- 
tion. The N. Eng. Hist, and Gen. Register, the Magazine of Afneruan History, the 
Pennsylvania Magazine of History, the Genealogist, of London, are so prominent as 
perhaps not to need our help. We can only regret our want of space to notice them 




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THE NEW YORK 



Vol. XI. NEW YORK, APRIL, 1880. No. 2. 



A MEMORIAL SKETCH OF JOEL MUNSELL, 

PRINTER AND PUBLISHER. 



By John J. Latting, Esq. 



(With Portrait.) 



In the year i68r we find the first notice of Thomas Miinsell, then, 
and for the residue of his hfe, a resident of New London, Connecticut. 
There were several early imuiigrants bearing this family name, who are 
said to have located in the eastern part of Connecticut. No authentic 
account of their English origin has been successfully traced, although 
there is reason to believe they were of the lineage of the Maunsell family, 
originating in Sir Philip de Maunsell, who came from Normandy in the 
train of William the Conqueror. 

Thomas Munsell died at New London in 17 12, leaving a widow, 
Lydia, and four children, viz. : Jacob, Elisha, Mercy, and Deliverance. 

Jacob was twice married. His first wife was Sarah Calkins of New 
London, by whom he had one child, a son, named Calkins Munsell. 
He married, second, Phebe Loomis, daughter of Joseph and Lydia 
(Drake) Loomis, of Windsor, Conn. He removed, about 1723,10 East 
Windsor. Of the ten children by the second wife, Elisha, born September 
15, 1723, was the third. He married, on December 29, 1750, Kezia 
Taylor, and was the father of nine children, whom he catalogued, as 
they were born, with the names of the prophets and prophetesses, or 
other distinguished women of the ancient Hebrews. Hezekiah was the 
name he selected for his first-born. He died young, and, the second 
child, born January 17, 1753, at East Windsor, was also named Hezekiah. 
The third son he named for the prophet Joel ; and, his other children all 
being daughters, received successively the scriptural names of Miriam, 
Naomi, Bathsheba, Kezia, and Ruth. 

This Hezekiah, the second son, married Irene Bissell, January 24, 
1777, and had ten children. He attained the age of ninety-one years, 
and, at the time of his death, April 14, 1844, was the oldest male inhab- 
itant of East Windsor. In his life and character he developed those 



A Memorial Sketch of Joel Munsell. [April, 

remarkable traits of strong Christian principles, unswerving patriotism, and 
fiddiy to his country and the cause of liberty which were the neces 
sarv result of the religious teachings in New England homes, and the 
outgrowU of the Revolutionary era. He is described as tall and erect 
Tn person, rigidly temperate and abstemious m his habits, and, even to 
an advanced'age! physically capable of --l-^-S ^f ^3;oung me^in^he 
fipld He served in the American Army from i775 to 1780. He ^\as 
on guard duty with a company commanded by Col. George Pitkm at 
Brookline and, from the belfry of the meeting-house at that place, wit- 
nessed th^ burning of Charlestown. In 1776 he saw more active service 
?n the battle of Long Island, and on the retreat of the Army to New 
York Harlem Heights, and White Plains. His memory was very tena- 
cious' of the scenes and events of his long life, and we may assume his 
youthful grandson had often sat at his feet, and schooled and cultivated 
his own love for antiquarian lore, in listening to recitals of his grandsire s 
feats of arms in Revolutionary days. , ^. c ^x. 

Toel Munsell, the father of the subject of this notice, was the fourth 
child of Hezekiah and Irene (Bissell) Munsell, and was born at Windsor, 
Tanuarv i4 178^. He married Cynthia Paine, on the 5th of May, 1807, 
and removed to Northfield, a settlement in the extreme northern confines 
of Massachusetts, on the Connecticut River. Here he followed the 
occupation of a plough and wagon maker, and was called a man ot 
excellent reputation." His house, a one-story wooden building, was on 
the main street of the village, nearly opposite the "meeting-house 
which stood in the centre of the street. In this house his first child, 
Toel Munsell, was born, on the 14th of April, 1808. He received such 
limited education only as was afforded by his parents' slender means, and 
the schools of the village. In a little brochure which he printed and 
privately circulated in 1875, entitled " Reminiscences of Men and Thmgs 
in Northfield as I knew Them, from 1812 to 1825," he described the old 
nieeung-house as it looked to his youthful eyes from "across the way. 
"A prominent object," writes Mr. Munsell, "to the eye of the traveller, 
was the old meeting-house, standing in the highway, and surmounted by 
a gilded rooster. It was traditional among the boys, that, when the 
brazen fowl heard the ejaculation of the barnyard chanticleer, he crowed 
also The pews were square boxes, built high and having 

balusters, 'topped by a rail. To accommodate the occupants while stand- 
in <r in prayer, the seats were made to turn up on hinges in sections to 
en°able the worshipers to lean against the wall or upon the railing. When 
the pastor pronounced the Amen, straightway there arose a great uproar, 
produced by letting down the seats, as though they were firing a salute, 
which much resembled, as nearly as the sounds can be reduced to words, 
cutter, clatter, bump ! whack ! BANG ! So accustomed was the audience 
to the salute, that the confusion produced seemed to pass uiinoticed, ex- 
cept when some urchin gave unusual emphasis to the report." His first pub- 
lic occupation was the position of assistant to the sexton of the old meeting- 
house, in which capacity he prepared the wood and made the fires in the 
stoves in winter. In the Northfield Social Library he acquired his taste tor 
reading and for books, and early formed the design of learning the art ot 
printing, and of making books. Among the men who had dropped from 
Burgoyne's army on their way to Cambridge and Boston, after his surrender 
at Saratoga, and found their way to Northfield, was one named /'zw^x, who 



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55 



subsequently settled in Greenfield, and had a son, who set up the printing 
business there. This was the neighboring town to Northfield, and hither 
young Munsell went, at an early age, to learn the trade of printer from 
Mr. Pinks, the English soldier's son. His apprenticeship with him was 
probably of short duration, for it appears that in 1825 he was back in 
Northfield, at his father's house, without a place. It is recorded "of him 
that at this time, late one evening, he learned there was a vacancy in the 
printing-oftice of Jonathan A Saxton, who was then editing and publishing, 
in Greenfield, the " Franklin Post and Christian Freeman." He at once 
determined to apply for it, and, early on the following morning, walked 
down to Greenfield, twelve miles distant, and secured the coveted place 
of "printer's devil." In this oftice he continued to learn his trade, and, in 
little more than a year's time, had attained such proficiency as enabled 
him to fill the highest position in the office. 

At the age of eighteen years, impelled by an ambition for a wider 
field, he left his native State and his father's home, and came to the city 
of Troy, in this State, where he found employment in the office of 
Tuttle & Richards ; whence, after a brief period, he removed to Albany, 
where, in 1827, we find him engaged as clerk with John Denio, a book- 
seller, who had opened a shop at No. 303 North Market street, about oppo- 
site where the Delavan House now stands. It was while acting as clerk for 
Mr. Denio that Mr. Munsell, then only nineteen years of age, made his 
first venture as a publisher. He went out upon North and South Market 
streets one day and procured one hundred and fifty subscribers for a semi- 
monthly paper, which he engaged to issue at thirty-seven and a half cents 
a quarter. He then purchased a small font of type, prepared the copy,, 
set it up in the store at leisure moments, worked off the paper at night 
on a Ramage press with balls, and, on New Year's morning, 1828, de- 
livered the edition at the doors of his subscribers in person. It was- 
called the Albany ATinerva, On the morning of the 12th of February,. 
1828, it announced, at the same hour with the daily papers, the death of 
De Witt Clinton, which occurred on the previous day, at his residence,. 
corner of North Pearl and Steuben streets. 

At the end of the first quarter, Mr. Munsell retired from the Minerva to. 
accept a situation as a compositor on a daily newspaper, and did not go into 
business for himself till 1834, when, in connection with Henry D. Stone,. 
he undertook, at 26 Beaver street, to continue the publication of the 
somewhat famous paper called the Microscope^ which had been in ex- 
istence for about ten years. This did not prove a lucrative undertaking 
for him, and in October, 1836, he purchased a job printing-office from. 
Thomas G. Wait, at 58 State street, and there laid the foundations of the 
business with which his name has been associated for more than forty 
years. At this calling he worked incessantly, with untiring devotion, allow- 
ing himself no recreation, and both day and night for many years have 
found him actively and steadily at his work. The imprints which issued, 
from his press are to be counted by the thousand, and may be found in all. 
the principal libraries of the country. The names of few American print- 
ers are better known to bibliographers at home or abroad than that of Joel. 
Munsell. 

The first publication (except the Minerva), to which we find Mr. Mun- 
sell's name attached as the author, is entitled "The Outlines of the His- 
tory of Printing," but he disclaimed the authorship of this, saying it was a 



r5 A Memorial Sketch of Joel Munsell. ■ [April, 

compilation only, and issued merely to circulate as a specimen of printing. 
In the same year (1839), he condensed from the Spanish, and issued a 
book of 32 pages, entitled, " History of the Conquest of Mexico." Mr. 
Munsell asserted that this was gotten up to fill a temporary lull in the print- 
ing business. His pseudonym at this time was ArtJiur Frytme, under 
which he issued an Ahnanac for 1841. 

In the year 1840, beginning on the 19th of September, he was employed 
in printing a daily campaign paper for a local faction of the Whig party. 

In 1841, Mr. Munsell printed his first genealogical work, which was a 
single leaf of two octavo pages, entitled " A History of the Emigration 
and Settlement of our Predecessors;" — a compilation by William Gould, 
Sen., of Albany, tracing the family of Gould from the year 1664, descend- 
ants of John Gould, who, with his brothers Thomas and Robert, emigrated 
from Dartmouth, England. It was intended for insertion in the Gould 
family bibles. 

In 1842, he printed for E. G. Squier a ladies' magazine, which, how- 
ever, was short-lived. In the following year Mr. Squier projected a work 
to be entitled "American Poetry," respecting which Mr. Munsell left this 
laconic memorandum : "Never completed — never sold — never paid for." 
Shortly after, a weekly paper was issued from the press of Mr. Munsell, en- 
titled, " The Northern Star and Freeman's Advocate," "devoted to the in- 
terests of the Africo-American race." It had but a brief existence. 

In 1843, ^''' Munsell printed his first compilation of importance, en- 
titled, "The Every-day Book of History and Chronology." He also 
assumed, for the first time, the publication of "Webster's Calendar, or the 
Albany Almanac," an annual which had been printed in Albany for sixty 
years. The edition the year previous had diminished to 4,000 copies, and 
the former proprietors were on the point of deciding to abandon it alto- 
gether. Mr. Munsell, firmly believing he could make it popular, offered to 
continue it for the residue of his life, even though its sale should entirely 
cease, and he need only a single copy for himself, and further, to pay a roy- 
alty for the title on a certain number of copies, so long as the former pub- 
lisher lived. The offer was promptly accepted, and the promise was faith- 
fully kept by Mr. Munsell. He at once applied his untiring energies and 
tact to the work, and the result was that the edition immediately reached 
20,000 copies, and Webster's Almanac continued to be, for the farming 
community in the vicinity of Albany, what Thomas' Almanac was for 
New England. Among the latest publications from the Munsell Press, 
in November last, was the number "for the year of our Lord 1880." It 
consists of 36 pages. Forty thousand copies of it have been required an- 
nually for several years to supply the demand. 

In the year 1844, he printed a little publication with the title, "Pulpit 
Sketches; or. Dreams of a Pew-Holder." A few copies pnly were circu- 
lated, but the publication brought him into difficulties. He was not the 
author, and his share in the business was unwittingly assumed. He stated 
that he did not read the manuscript, but supposed, from a cursory glance, 
that it was comj^limentary to the Albany clergymen, and, without further 
examination or thought, directed it to be put in type. Not until it was 
published and for sale at the news-stands did Mr. Munsell comprehend its 
import. It contained allusions to the Rev. Dr. Campbell, which the 
friends of that gentleman deeming libellous, caused a suit to be commenced 
.against the publisher. Mr. Munsell persistently and indignantly refused to 



i88o.] A Memorial Sketch of Joel Munsell. c^ 

divulge the name of the author, conscientiously adhering to the principle 
that to do so would be a violation of what he regarded as a ])rofessional 
secret. He was adjudged guilty of contempt of court, fined $250, and 
committed to jail till the fine should be paid. At the expiration of a 
week, however, the fine was paid, and he was released. The Rev. Mr. 
Campbell, the party most interested, became satisfied that Mr. Munsell 
was innocent of any intentional harm, and the two were ever afterwards as 
cordial and as warm friends as they had been before the occurrence. 

In the year 1845, he made his first venture in undertaking the printing 
and publication of a local or county history — Simms' History of Schoharie 
County, N. Y., an octavo of 672 pages. Two thousand copies of this were 
printed, and the work was sold at $1.75 per copy. It has now become so 
rare that a single copy will bring eight to ten dollars. 

The first strictly genealogical work issued from his press was in 1847, 
when he printed and published " An Account of the Descendants of John 
Pease, who landed at Martha's Vineyard in the Year 1632," a i2mo. of 
52 pages. Edition 250 copies. 

At the commencement of the year 1848, he printed a small history of 
the Adam family, being descendants of John Adam, of Bowfield, in Ren- 
frewshire, Scotland, who emigrated to America in 1 737. This was an octavo 
of 16 pages, of wliich no copies only were printed. 

His third venture in this line was in the same year, when he printed the 
"Genealogy of the Ancestry and Posterity of Isaac Lawrence," by Fred- 
erick S. Pease, — an octavo of 20 pages. His next publication was the more 
elaborate "American Genealogy," for Jerome B. Holgate, a 4to of 248 
pages, an edition of 250 copies. 

In the year 1846, he also undertook the publication of an Odd Fellows' 
monthly journal, entitled The Gavel, of which C. C. Burr and John Tanner 
were the editors. It was adorned with portraits, and lasted during the 
year. 

In 1848, he printed " Select Stories for Children," compiled by hinjself ; 
also, for T. Dwight Sprague, "The American Literary Magazine," two 
volumes. 

Among his publications for 1849, '^^'^s a small volume of hymns, for 
Henry Hayes, of whom he writes : "Mr. Hayes was a Methodist preacher 
from England. He did not have money to pay for the printing and bind- 
ing, and after a vain effort to sell the sacred pieces, he came and said he 
was going back to his own country, and expressed much regret at his in- 
ability to pay his bill. He seemed to regard the apology as equivalent, to 
cash, and, having unburdened his mind, such a serenity settled upon his 
countenance, I did not hint that his tender W3s below par, and he departed 
in peace." 

The same year William Hunt brought out, through Mr. Munsell's house, 
his pretentious work, entitled, "American Biographical Panorama," an 
8vo volume of 480 pages. Of this gentleman, Mr. Munsell relates : "The 
author had been engaged some time at Washington as a reporter ; but, 
fancying that he was overworked, came to Albany to recreate, and under- 
dertook publishmg. He entertained a theory that the public called for 
quantity rather than quality, and in his sketches of individuals, when he 
lacked facts, he eked out the desired quantity from a store of scraps of 
sentimental prose and verse, which he had gathered. In this volume, he 
gave a sketch of each of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, 



eg A Memorial Sketch of Joel Munsell. [April, 

and, being desirous of having portraits to accompany the sketches, he gave 
a young English engraver, just arrived, a carte blanche to produce all of 
them on wood. Thus commissioned, the artist took a room in Commer- 
cial Building, furnished it with a barrel of ale and a quantity of tobacco 
and pipes, and, under the inspiration imparted by these, produced, for the 
first -time on earth, portraits of all the signers ! Mr. Hunt quickly dis- 
posed of his carefully saved earnings as a reporter, and returned to Wash- 
ington, where he soon after died." 

In 1844, Mr. Munsell had commenced the printing and publishing, for 
the Rev. Dr. Sprague, of a weekly religious paper, called " The Specta- 
tor." This was continued for several years. It was an able paper, and 
was well printed, and attained a wide influence in religious circles. It was 
in connection with the editing of this journal by Dr. Sprague that he re- 
ceived from Mr. Munsell the hint which proved to be the origin of the 
great work which he subsequently produced and issued, and which has 
made his name famous as an American author. One da)- Dr. Sprague 
came in with "copy" for the paper, consisting of two well-written bio- 
graphical sketches. Mr. Munsell suggested to him that they would make 
a valuable and interesting pamphlet. The Doctor said he would think of 
it. Meeting Mr. Munsell in the street soon after, he said to him, " I have 
considered that matter, and, instead of a pamphlet, I think I will add to it 
and make a duodecimo." A few weeks later, the worthy divine met his 
printer again, and said, " I shouldn't wonder if that book were an octavo." 
Still later, he was of the opinion that it would be two octavos at least, and 
perhaps more. And so it proved : for from those two little sketches, written 
for. The Spectator, grew the " Annals of the American Pulpit ; or. Com- 
memorative Notices of Distinguished American Clerymen of Various De- 
nominations, from the Early Settlement of the Country to the Close of the 
Year 1855, with Historical Introductions," published in nine octavo vol- 
umes, between the years 1857 and 1859. 

In 1850 Mr. Munsell began the publication of "The Annals of 
Albany," issuing two volumes during the year. This work was really 
begun the year previous, under the title of " The Albany Annual Register, 
containing a Directory to the Places of Business and Public Institutions 
of Albany, Contributions to the History and Antiquities of the City, and 
other Matters of Interest," constituting a volume of 181 pages, with plates 
and maps. The Annual was printed the second year, but not being well 
patronized, the two were united, with some new matter, and formed the 
first volume of the '' Annals of Albany." This work Mr. Munsell con- 
tinued from year to year, publishing the tenth and last volume in 1859. 
Notwithstanding the great value of this work to historical students, and 
to the people of Albany and the State, it was never appreciated, and 
proved a pecuniary loss. But, his passion for "antiquarian lore" had 
now increased to such an extent, that, nothing daunted, he assiduously 
continued his researches, and, in 1865, issued the first volume of " Col- 
lections on the History of Albany, from its Discovery to the Present 
Time, with Notices of its Public Institutions, and Biographical Sketches 
of Citizens Deceased." This was a royal octavo, of 529 pages, with 
plates, and was followed by three others of similar size and style, the 
fourth and last being issued in 1871. But the inadequate public patronage 
which he received fell short of supporting the further continuance of the work, 
notwithstanding there still remained in Mr. Munsell's hands ample materials 



i88o.] A Memorial Sketch of Joel Munsell. eg 

for the purpose. He began this work with great antiquarian enthusiasm, 
beHeving, as he himself has said, that " addressed to the retrospective 
curiosity — the historic instincts — of his fellow-citizens, it would meet 
with at least an adequate support." But he was doomed to disappoint- 
ment. The whole number of his patrons at home and abroad amounted 
to only a little over one hundred. Again, this was to him a heavy financial 
loss. He pathetically, but modestly, says : " Had the enterprise of the 
publisher and editor received a more liberal support, it would have de- 
lighted him to secure to the work a higher grade of literary labor, to 
embellish it with more expensive illustrations, and to issue it to his 
patrons a specimen of sumptuous typography. But it was not to be. As 
strict economy required, the literary labor devolved almost wholly upon 
himself. But he will not dwell upon the hours stolen from that repose 
rendered necessary by the toilsome avocation of the day, and devoted to 
turning over the dusty files of old newspapers, or to the deciphering 
of the crabbed writings of a past generation. He will not speak of days 
of rest passed among the tombs, and employed in copying the brief 
mementoes of those sleeping their last sleep beneath. Nor will he com- 
plain of these tasks, for they have, indeed, been labors of love. Per- 
haps, in after years, when his own form has long been mouldering in the 
dust, some kindred spirits will pleasantly recall his memory, and thank 
him for these memorials of the past he has helped to rescue from 
oblivion. In dreams like these the antiquary finds his cherished, though 
unsubstantial recompense." 

We need not wonder at his disappointment, which he unquestionably 
felt far more deeply than his words imply. For thirty years he had 
labored in this work — labor which, so far as pecuniary recompense is 
concerned, was utterly thrown away, for the amount received scarcely 
paid for the printing. He did his work faithfully and well. He made no 
pretence of writing history, but has simply made available a vast amount 
of matter, ready-to-hand, for some one who shall come after. As another 
has said : 

" All the world honors the historian who takes great countries in hand, 
and tells the story of their growth truly and philosophically. But let us 
bespeak honor for historians of humbler sort — for the compilers of facts 
worth preserving out of moth-eaten manuscripts, charred relics of town- 
house fires, old church session records, parish registers, and family bibles — 
for those who rescue from wreck and ruin the elements of history." 

In the intervening years from 1850 to 18 71 the house of Mr. Munsell 
had not been idle in the printing and publishing of numerous other 
works and periodicals. In this brief article they cannot be more particu- 
larly noted. Genealogical works, town and family histories, reprints of 
old and scarce books, catalogues, and other works requiring special care, 
have been turned out by the thousand, to go broad-cast all over the 
Union. To Mr. Munsell's individual interposition and aid is due, in large 
measure, the credit of rescuing, from premature extinction, " The New 
England Historical and Genealogical Register." With the close of the 
fifteenth volume of that publication, in October, 1861, after it had lived 
through a decade and a half of years, it was found its circulation had 
ceased to yield it an adequate support. The number of its subscribers 
had diminished to not over five hujidred. Many never paid their sub- 



5o A Memorial Sketch of Joel Mufisell. [April, 

scriptions. The mere cost of printing and of publishing alone was about 
one thousand dollars for one thousand copies; and it had been resolved 
to discontinue its further issue. In this dilemma, Mr. Munsell volunteered 
to print and publish it, at his own risk, for two years, provided the Society 
would turn over to him the subscription list, and would furnish, without 
expense, a competent editor for the work, promising to return it at the 
expiration of that time, with increased and amply supporting subscriptions. 
This promise, as in the case of Webster's almanac, eighteen years before, 
Mr. Munsell faithfully succeeded in fulfilling, and ultimately, after having 
re-established it by his own assiduity and zeal, on a safe, self-supporting 
foundation, returned it to the Society, with the subscription list largely 
increased. At the close of the second year of its publication by Mr. 
Munsell, the Society, through Mr. Deane, their editor, thus expressed its 
acknowledgments : " To Mr. Munsell we are certainly under great 
obligations. He stepped forward at a time of unusual discouragement, 
and has carried the Register through a critical period of its existence." 

In the year 1876, Mr. Munsell issued a fifth edition of a work compiled 
by him, entitled '' The Chronology of the Origin and Progress of Paper and 
Papermaking." This work was so meritorious as to receive a lengthy and 
appreciative notice in The Printing Times afid Lithographer (London) 
for August, 1879. The writer says: "Mr. Munsell is the proprietor of 
one of the oldest printing-oftices in the States, and one that is honorably 
distinguished for the excellence of its productions, and the extent of its 
operations. He is also an antiquary, who has contributed considerably to 
the elucidation of the early history of the locality in which he dwells. He 
has further done good service to the literature of transatlantic typography, 
especially in connection with the new edition of Isaiah Thomas's ' His- 
tory,' Mr. Munsell, accordingly, seems to be one of those useful, enter- 
prising, industrious citizens, not few on the other side of the Atlantic, who 
determinedly make leisure from their ordinary avocations to achieve what 
entitles them to be regarded as benefactors to the community, their pro- 
fession, and the reading world generally. He says in the ' Finale ' — a sort 
of colophon of a decided American tone — ' The collector of these dis- 
junctive conjunctives proposes, with this fifth edition, in the fifty-second 
year of his typographical career, to let the paper manufacture go as it 
may, without any surveillance of his, with best wishes for its prosperity to 
the end of time.' We trust, however, that this '■envoi'' may not really be a 
final one, and that at least in some other and cognate line of investigation 
or research, we may, for many years to come, encounter Mr. Munsell's 
quaint and eminently useful pen." 

It may not be out of place to notice here, that for a number of years 
prior to his death, Mr. Munsell had been collecting material for a chronol- 
ogy of journalism. From England and the United States he had brought 
together over 10,000 specimen newspapers, no two, hardly, being of the 
same journal. Most of them have peculiar value, many being first copies, 
and others copies containing a history of the journals they represent. 
These he had bound, making in all 100 volumes, and deposited in the State 
Library. From these papers, and from other sources, he collected and 
left data, still in manuscript. We can only hope his sudden and unex- 
pected death may not prevent its publication. It cannot fail to prove a 
work of exceeding interest and value, filling, as it will, a place among 
books of reference, irow vacant, or nearly so, since Mr. Hudson's " His- 



i88o.] A Memorial Sketch of Joel Mimsell. 6 1 

tory of Journalism," interesting and instructive as it is, deals only in a gen- 
eral way with this great and important subject, and even that work is 
indebted for much of its interest and value to Mr. Munsell and his collec- 
tion, as the ill-fated author gratefully acknowledged. 

At the inception of the New York Genealogical and Biographical So- 
ciety, he was elected one of its corresponding members, and subsequently 
became a life member. To his connections with other various historical 
and public bodies and societies we have not alluded. He was an efficient 
and active worker, and ever freely rendered his co-operation in promoting 
the objects of such institutions. He was one of the original founders and 
members of the Albany Institute, and during many of its first dark finan- 
cial days, carried it by contributions from his own purse. Every volume 
of its proceedings, except the first one, was issued from his establishment. 
He early succeeded Dr. T. Romeyn Beck as its treasurer, and for forty 
years was annually re-elected to the position, the last election occurring 
qnly a few days before his death. 

For forty-three years he was a member of the P'irst Lutheran Church of 
Albany, and was an habitual attendant upon its services, and for over 
twenty years past had been the honored President of its Board of Trus- 
tees. 

On the 17th June, 1834, Mr. Munsell married Jane C. Bigelow, who 
died at Albany on the 20th anniversary of her marriage, June 17, 1834, in 
her 42d year. By her he had four children : 

i. William Augustus, b. May, 1835, residing in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

ii. Anna, b. Aug., 1839, d. June 10, 1840. 

iii. Julia Anne, b. Feb. 13, 1850; m. William Turner, Jr., Aug. 28, 

1871, and has 3 children, 
iv. Charles, b. Dec. 29, 1852. 

He married, second, Sept. 11, 1856, Mary Ann Reid, by whom he had 
the following children : 

V. Francis, b. June 19, 1857. 
vi. Jessie, b. Jan'y 2, 1859. 
vii Sarah, b. Feb. 10, 1861. 
viii. Mary, b. Dec. 9, 1862. 
ix. Laura, b. Mar. 15, 1866. 
X. Emma, b. June 14, 1868. 

Mr. Munsell had resided for many years at No. 59 Lodge street, Al- 
bany, a short distance from his office, a place which he had selected for 
the purpose of being near his work. Here, after a brief illness, he died, at 
nine o'clock, on the evening of the 15th of January, 1880, in the 72d year 
of his age. Appropriate funeral services were held in the Lutheran Church, 
on the afternoon of the i8th Januar3', attended by a vast throng of citizens 
and friends, to whom his name and presence had been so familiar m life. 
A simple and brief eulogy was pronounced by Dr. Magee, the pastor of 
the church, and all that remained of our genial and beloved antiquarian 
friend was borne to its burial in the public cemetery, near the city of his 
adoption. 

In the apt language of another, we may close this imperfect sketch : 



52 Contributions to the History of the [April, 

" Such has been the work of Mr. Munsell. No living man will ever go. 
over the ground he has ; few, indeed, can do it, the old Dutch records be- 
ing almost, if not quite, a sealed book to the present, as they will be to 
future generations. Mr, Munsell has passed away, but his work, more 
lasting than monument of brass or marble, will remain after him as long 
as the city itself shall stand, and children yet unborn will wonder at the in- 
difference and neglect with which such efforts as his were treated. "- 

[The facts regarding the publications issued by Mr. Munsell noticed in 
this sketch in a few instances have been derived from an article published 
in the Albany Mirror, in November, 1879, which are understood to have 
been furnished, or their correctness approved, by Mr. Munsell himself. 
Other sources of information are Dr. Stiles' History of Ancient Windsor, 
and Temple & Sheldon's History of Northheld, Mass.] 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF THE EARLY SET 
TLERS OF KINGS COUNTY, N. Y. 



By Teunis G. Bergen. 



THE DURYEA FAMILY. 

1. JoosT DuRiE DuRYE or DuRYEA, emigrated about 1675 fro'" Man- 
heim, in the Palatine of the Rhyn, was a respectable French Huguenot, 
and was accompanied with his wife Alagdalena Le Febre. He settled at 
first in New Utrecht, where he bought a farm, which he sold Oct. 5, 1681, 
for 3200 gl. and a new waggon, to Gerrit Cornelisen (Van Duyn), as per 
page 148 of Liber AA of Flatbush town records. Left New Utrecht and 
settled on the disputed lands between Newtown and Bushwick, as per 
Riker's Newtown, where he died about 1727. His name appears on the 
assessment rolls of Bushwick of 1683 and 93, and census of 1698 ; and he 
took the oath of allegiance in said town in 1687. Had issue : — 

Joost. 
Peter. 
Jacob. 
Abrahafn. 
Charles. 

Jaques, bp. July 13, 1679, ^t Flatbush. 
Antonette, bp. Dec. 11, 1681, at Brooklyn. 
Magdalena, bp. Oct. 19, 1687, in N. Y. 
Cornelis. 

Simon, bp. Nov. 26, 1693. 
Philip. 

Second Generation. 

2. Joost (Joosten), m. Ap' 17, 1681, Lena or Hckfia ... . ; d. 1727. 
Was a farmer and resided in Bushwick. Issue : — 

13. i. Magdaliefttje, bp. May 29, 1705. 



2. 


1. 


3- 


u. 


4- 


Ul. 


5- 


IV. 


6. 


V. 


7. 


VI. 


8. 


vn. 


9- 


VUl 


10. 


IX. 


II. 


X. 


12. 


XI. 



i8So.] Early Settlers of Kings Comity, N. V. 6'> 

14. ii. Joost. 

15. iii. IIendrick,h-p. Nov. 23, 1718. 

16. iv. Folkert. 

3. Peter (Joosten), m. Agnietje Niccjue (I-,uquier), and suppose he set- 
tled in Esopus (Kingston). Issue : — 

\()\. Christiaan, bp. Ap' 17, 1682, of whom no further trace. 

4. Jacob (Joosten), bp. Nov. 21, 1686 ; m. Catrina Polhemius ; d. 1758. 
Resided at first in Bushwick, and afterwards in Brooklyn. His Bushwick 
farm of 100 acres was sold Ap' 15, 1758, by his executors and heirs to Jan 
Ue Bevoise. Will dated Feb. 20, 1756. Issue : — 

17. I. Joost. 

18. ii. Daniel, 

19. iii. JohaJinis. 

20. iv. Jacob. 

21. v. Abraham. 

22. vi. Cornelius. 

23. vii. Hendrick. 

24. viii. Magdelena. 

5. Abraham (Joosten), b. 1685, m. Elizabeth Polhemius, dau. of Theo- 
dorus of Jamaica ; d. about 1763. Was a farmer in Bushwick. Will da. 
Jan. 29, 1753, and ])ro. Feb. 28, 1764. Issue: 

25. i. Joost, b. Oct. 8, 1 7 15. 

26. ii. Nelche. 

27. iii. Daniel. 

28. iv. Mothenecha or Magdalena. 

29. v. Abraham., b. Apl. 10, 1720. 

30. vi. Catryntje, b. Oct. 6, 1720. 

31. vii. Jo ha fines. 

■32. viii. Elizabeth, bp. July 12, 1724. 
33. ix. Afiche. 

6. Charles (Joosten), farmer, m. i'', Cornelia, dau. of Johannes 
Schenck ; m. 2^, Alary or Maria Roberson ; d. about 1753. Resided in 
Bushwick. In his will, proved Sept i, 1753, he devises his homestead farm 
to his son Jacob. Issue : — 

Joost. 
Helena. 
Johannes. 
Cornelia. 
Charles or Car el. 
Elizabeth. 
Tutiis. 
Derick. 
Abraham. 
Jaques (Joosten), bp. July 13, 1679. No further trace. 

8. Antonette (Joosten), bp. Dec. 11, 1681, in Brooklyn; m. Luquier. 

9. Magdalena (Joosten), bp. Oct. 19, 1687 ; m. Jan Okie or Jan Auke 
Van Nuyse, and had children :— Isaac, Jacobus and James Van Nuyse. 

10. Cornelis (Joosten), a farmer in Bushwick in 1729. No further 
trace. 

11. Slmon (Joosten), bp. Nov. 26, 1693; m. May 20, 1715, Annetje 
Sprung, dau. of Gabriel. Was a farmer in Bushwick. Issue : — 

43. Simon. 



34- 


\. 


35- 


ii. 


36. 


iii. 


37. 


iv. 


38. 


V. 


39- 


vi. 


40. 


vii. 


41. 


viii 


42. 


ix. 



5^ • Cofitribuiions to the History of the [April, 

12. Philip (Joosten), m. Dec. 14, 1714, Belje Goverts or Coverts. No 
further trace. 

Third Gcneratio7t. 

Descendants of Joost Duryea (2) and Lena. 

13. Magdalena, bp. May 29, 1705; m. Dec. 31, 1743, Gerret Van 
Sant of Newtown. 

14. Joost. Suppose m. Antje Terhune, probably a dau. of Jan Al- 
berste, and settled at Six Mile Run, N. J. Issue : — 

44. Suppose Joost. 

15. Hendrick.(s. of Joost and Lena), bp. Nov. 23, 17 18. No further trace. 

16. Folkert (s. of Joost and Lena), m. Gerretje or Geertruy, dau. 
of Nicholas Vechte of Gowanus , d. 1752. Will proved Nov. 17, 1752. 
Resided in the city of N. Y., and he and his wife joined the Dutch R. Ch. 
of N. Y., Nov. 20, 1746, on certificate from Brooklyn. Issue : — 

45. Rebecca, bp. Oct. 2, 1751, in N. Y. No further trace. 

Descendants of Jacob Duryea (4) and Catrina. 

17. Joost, b. 1709 ; m. i^' prior to 1750, lVinef?itJe, dau. of Albert 7!?;-- 
hune ; suppose he m. a second, third and fourth wife, the last named 

Charity Was a farmer and millwright, residing in Jamaica South. 

Will proved in 1775. Sept. 11, 1775, his estate was advertized for sale by 
Jacob Duryea and Albert Terhune, his executors. Issue : — 

46. i. Rnliif, bp. Feb. 11, 1738. Suppose, m. 1758, Jannetje 

Amerman. 

47. ii. Joh?i, bp. 1739. 

48. iii. Jacob, bp. Aug. 26, 1750. No further trace. 

49. iv. Maria, bp. Mar. 22, 1752. 

50. V. Anna. No further trace, 

51. vi. Aaron, bp. May 19, 1754. 

18. Daniel, was a farmer in Jamaica, and d. about 1759. Issue : — 

52. Daniel. No further trace. 

19. Johannes (suppose), m. Oct. 29, 1763, Sara, dau. of Hermanns 
Barkeloo, of New Utrecht. Residence in N. Y., and Aug. 25, 1766, he 
and his wife joined the R. D. Ch. of that place. Issue : — • 

53. i. Autje, bp. Sept. 2, '1764, in N. Y. No further trace. 

54. ii. Abraham. No further notice. 

55. iii. Joh7i. No further trace. 

20. Jacob, m. Mar. 21, 1747, Sara Norfsirant. Was a bolster, 
and resided at one period in the city of N. Y., where. May 23, 1748, he 
and his wife joined the R. Dutch Ch. on confession of faith. Will da. 
July 2, 1793, and pro. Aug. 19, 1793. Issue : — 

56. i. Catharine, bp. Ap. 7, 1748, in N. Y. No further trace. 

57. ii. Jane. No further trace. 

58. iii. Mary or Maria, bp. June, 26, 1751. 
69. iv. Sarah, bp. Nov. 11, 1753. 

60. v. Magdalina. 

61. vi. Charles. 

62. vii. Jacob. 

(>l. viii. Peter. No further trace. 



i88o.] Early Settlers of Kings County, JV. Y. 5r 

21. Abraham, bp. Feb. i6. 1724; m. Nov. 3, 1763, Elizabeth Lowe, 
who d. May^ 1804, aged 92. Was a merchant in die city of N. Y,, en- 
gaged in the sale of drugs, fish, &c., his store being located opposite the 
Fly market in 1768. Joined the R. Dutch Ch. of N. Y. Will da. Sep. 12, 
1796, and pro. Aj)' 24, 1797. Feft no issue, 

22. Cornelius, a farmer in Bushwick ; m Issue : — 

64. i. Magdalena. 

65. ii. IVilhebnus. No further trace. 

66. iii. Christian, h. 1741. 

67. iv. Cornelius. No further trace. 

23. FEendrick. In the N. Y. Mercury of Aug. 8, 1757, is a notice of 
Abraham Duryea and others, petitioners and creditors of Henry Duryea, 
late of Santa Croix, merchant. This may refer to this Hendrick. No fur- 
ther trace. 

24. Magdalena, m. Cornelius Wyckoff, of N. J., who d. Ap', 1758. 

Descendants of Abraham Duryea (5) and Elizabeth. 

25. JoosT, b. Oct. 8, 1 715; m, Dec. 23, 17152, Catharine Schenck, dau 
of Peter, of Newtown ; b. Aug 29, 1720, and d. Mar. 22, 1796 ; he d. July 24. 
1783. Was a farmer in Bushwick. Will da. July 2, 1793, and pro, Aug. 19, 
1793. Issue: — 

Abraham, b. May 8, 1743. 

Peter. 

Elizabeth. "* 

/ohatmes. 

Femmetje. 

Catharine. 

George. 

26. Nelche or Nelly, m./ohn Terhune. Issue : — 

Neeltje, bp. May 30, 1748, in the Marlboro R. Dutch Ch. in Mon- 
mouth C°, N. J. 

27. Daniel, m. Dec, 3, or 23, 1743, Geertje Kock, by another account 
Gertrude De Bevoise, Was a farmer at Bushwick. Issue : — 

75. i. Gabriel, bp. June 3, 1750 ; m. Sarah. No further trace. 

76. ii. Elizabeth. No further trace. 

28. Motpenehee or Magdalena, m. Jacob Boerum, of Flatbush, and 
had a s., Karel or Charles Boerum, bp. Mar. 19, 1732, 

29. Abraham, bp. Ap' 10, 1720; m. Mar. i, 1744, Maria Roosvelt, by 
another account Ann Schenck. He was a merchant in the city of N, Y. 
An Ab"" Duryea was a Deacon in the R. D. Ch. of Flatlands in 1743, Is- 
sue : — 

77. Heyltje, bp. Dec. 9, 1747. No further trace, 

30. Catryntje, b, Oct. 6, 1720 ; m. May 16, 1746, Joost Monfoort ; d. 
Sept. 29, 1799. 

31. Johannes, m. Neeltje Kouwe7ihoven, dau. of William of Flatlands, 
Resided in the city of N. Y. in 1746, where he and his wife joined the R. 
D. Ch. Issue : — 

78. i. Catharine, bp. Sep, 24, 1746 ; d. young, 

79. ii. Catharina, bp, Aug, 3, 1748, in N, Y. 

80. iii. Antje, bp. Jan. 20, 1751, 

81. iv. Jacob, bp. May 27, 1752, 



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69. 


11, 


70, 


iii. 


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iv. 


72. 


V. 


73- 


vi. 


74- 


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85. 


1. 




N. 


86. 


ii. 


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iii. 


88. 


iv. 


89. 


V. 


9o. 


vi. 


91. 


vii. 


92. 


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65 Contributions to the History of the [April, 

82. V. Willem, bp. Dec. 29, 1754. 

83. vi. Magdale?ia, bp. Mar. 9, 1757 in N. Y. 

84. vii. Johannes, bp. Sep. 22, 1765 in N. Y. No further trace of 
the children of Johannes and Neeltje. 

32. Elizabeth, bp. July 12, 1724. No further trace. 
2,^. Anche or Ann, m. i^c^T^/an Cleef. 

Descendants of Charles Duryea (6) and Cornelia and Mary or 

Maria. 

34. i. JoosT of Jamaica. No further trace. 

35, ii. Helena, m. Van Zant. No further trace. 

35. iii. Johannes, m. Ap' 3, 1748, Antje Voorhies of Gravesend. Re- 
sided in the city of N. Y., and in 1750 joined the R. D. Ch. of that place. 
Issue : 

(Suppose). Catharine, ni. Mar. 27, 1769, John Brower, of 
Y. 
Cornelia, bp. Jan. 21, 1750. 
Neeltje, bp. Nov. 10, 1751, in N. Y. 
Antje, bp. Aug. 24, 1755, in N. Y. 
Elizabeth, bp. Aug. 17, 1757, in N. Y. ; d. young. 
Maria, bp. Jan. 7, 1759, i^ ■'*^- ^• 
Magdalena, bp. Sep. 17. 1760, in N. Y. 
. Elizabeth, bp. Ap' 21, 1765, in N. Y. 
No further trace of the children of Johannes and Antje. 

37. Cornelia, m. June 11, 1757, Frans Titusse, and had a dau. Christino 
Titus, who m., in 1770, Ab'"^ Polhemus. 

38. Charles or Carel, m. Dec. 16, 1748, Antje Fryn. Resided at 
Oysterbay. Issue : — 

Cor?ielius, bp. Sep. 29, 1751. 
Me?ise, bp. Sep. 29, 1751. 
Charles. 

George (suppose), b. Oct. 21, 1760; d. Sep. 14, 1840. 
No further trace of the children of Charles and Antje. 

39. Elizabeth (suppose), m. Joost Fan Brunt of Jamaica ; d. June 3, 
1780, aged 30, and had children : — Rutgert Van Brunt, b. Dec. 5, 1765 ; 
Harmpie Van Brunt, b. Feb. 22, 1768 ; Tunis Van Brunt, b. July 8, 1770 ; 
Joost Van Brunt, b. Aug. 27, 1772 ; Elizabeth Van Brunt, b. Nov. 13, 
1775 ; and Catharine Van Brunt, b. Mar. 9, 1777. 

40. Tunis, m. May 18, 1753, by another account June i, 1754, Anna 
Rapalje. Resided in Bushwick. Issue : — 

97. i. Charles or Carel, bp. Feb. 4, 1756, in N. Y. 

98. ii. (Suppose) Peter. 

41. Derick, m. June i, 1754, Elizabeth Titus. Resided in the city of 
N. Y. Issue : — 

99. i. Carel, bp. July 2, 1755, in N. Y. No further trace. 
100. ii. Jacob, of Bushwick. No further trace. 

loi. iii. Frans, bp. Sep. 9, 1759, i" ^- ^- ■'^^ further trace. 

42. Abraham, m. Sarah Van Wyck; d. 1764. Resided at Roundout, 
Dutchess C°, N. Y. Will da. Ap' 11, 1764, and pro. June 29, 1704. Is- 
sue : — 

102. Ahrahatn. 



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96. 


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Descendants of Simon Duryea (7) and Annetje. 

43. Simon, m. Dec. 17, 1758, /?«^ Vandervoort. Resided dt first in 
Bushwick, and afterwards in N. J. Issue: — 

103. Antje, bp, June 20, 1762, at Marlboro, iMonmouth C", N. J. 
No further trace. 

Fourth Generation. 

Descendants of Joost Duryea (14) and Antje Terhune. 

44. Joost, m. Maria Resided at Six Mile Run, N. J. Issue : — 

104. Helena, bp. Ap' 25, 1751. 

Descendants of Joost Duryea (17) and Wii.lemtje Terhune and 

OTHERS. 

46. RuLUF, bp. Feb. 11, 1738 ; (suppose) m. i^e^S, Jannetj'e Amer7nan. 
Resided at Oysterbay. Will da. 1763, and pro. 1766. No issue. 

47. John, b. 1739 5 ™-j i'*' ^ov. 5, 1763, Sarah Barkeloo, dau. of Har- 
men, of N. Utrecht ; m., 2^, Oct. 4, i^Ti, Ja?inetje or Jane, dau. of Cor- 
nelius Rapalje of Hurlgate ; d. P'eb. 4, 18 14. Was a merchant in the city 
of N. Y. Issue : — (by 1=' wife.) 

105. i. Ajiu, who m. Creed. 

106. ii. George, of Queens C° ; m. Nelly, dau. of Judge Schenck, 
of Cow Neck, and had a dau. Nelly, bp. Apr, 6, 1806. 

107. iii. Har7na7i. 

108. iv. John (by 2^^ wife), of Jamaica; bp. Jan, 4, 1775, in N. 
Y., and m. Phebe Johnson. 

100. V. Cornelius R., b. July 12, iTjg; m. Oct. 2, 1805, Ann or 
Nancy, dau. of Harmanus Barkeloo, of N. Utrecht ; d. Sep. 25, 
1842, and had children : — J fine Eliza, Sarah Ann, John C, 
Genl. Harmanus B., Alletta, Catherine, and Maria Louisa. 

49. Maria, bp. Mar. 20, 1752, m Kissam. No further trace. 

51. Aaron, b. May 19, 1754; ni. Maty, dau. of Jacob Mott. Issue: — 
no. Abraham, b. Nov. 19, 1794 ; d. Jan. 12, 1829, at Hempstead. 

111. Aaron, b. Mar. 23, 1799; d. Aug 31, 1837, at Hempstead. 

Descendants of Jacob Duryea (20) and Sara Noortstrant. 

58. Mary or Maria, bp. June 26, 1751, in N. Y. ; m. Christopher 
Rosevelt. 

59. Sarah, of N. Y. ; bp. Nov. 11, 1753. Will pro. Mar. 26, 1787 ; d. 
single. 

60. Magdalena, of N. Y. ; d. single. Will da. July 2, 1784. 

61. Charles (suppose), m. Sarah, dau. of Ab™ Remsen. Resided in 
Bushwick. Will da. Mar. 14, 1795, pro. Mar.' 18, 1796. Issue; — 

112. i. Rebecca. 

113. ii. Jacob. 

114. iii. Matilda. 

115. iv. Cor?ielia. 



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62. Jacob, b. May 5, 1730; m. Dec. 24, 1752, Cornelia Schenck, dau. 
of Peter, of Newton, b. Nov. 15, 1734, d. Mar. 3, 1793; he d. Se]i. 19, 
1796. Resided in Bushwick, Will da. Aug. 11, 1796, and pro. Sep. 27, 
1796. Issue : — 

116. i. Charles, b. Oct. 28, 1753. 

117. ii. Elizabeth, b. Sep. 24, 1755. 

118. iii. Peter, b. Jan. 24, 1758 ; d. May 11, 1758. 

119. iv. Peter, of Flatlands, b. Oct. 7, 1759; "^- ^^^- ^' 1789, 
Sara A?nerman, who d. Aug. 14, 1846, and had children : — Wil- 
lemtje, who m. George Lott, and Cornelia, who m. Jere?niah 
Ryder. 

120. V. Abraham, b. Jan. 14, 1762. 

121. vi. Harmpie, b. May 13, 1764. 

122. viii. Catharine, \). May 10, 1766; m. June 20, 1789, IVinant 
Bennet, of Bay Ridge; d. Sep. 29, 1799, and had children : — 
John W., Cornelia, Jacob, Harman, and Wilhelmina. 

123. Jacob, b. Mar. 6, 1768; d. Sep. 10, 1769, 

124. Cornelia, b. Dec. 13, 1770; in. June 3, 1787, W"". Leverich. 

125. Jacob, b. Oct. 9, 1772 ; m. Jan. 25, 1798. Fanny Sutphen, and 
had children : — John, Jacob, and Cornelia. 

126. Magdalen, b. Nov. 25, 1775 ; m. Dec. 15, 1796, George 
Brower, and had children : — John, Cornelia L., and Catharine 
Ann Brower. 

127. John^ b. May 31, 1778 ; d. Nov. 12, 1781.. 

Descendants of Cornelius Duryea (22) of Bushwick. 

64. Magdalen, m. Jacob Van Cott, and Oct. 22, 1834, she administered 
on his estate. 

dd. Christian, of New Lotts, b. 1741 ; m. Anna or Hannah Stryker, 
who d. Nov. 1841 ; d. July 28, 1830, and had a s., Cornelius, b. May 11, 
1793, d. Aug. 5, 1839. 

Descendants of Joost- Duryea (25) and Catharine Schenck. 

68. Abraham, of the Narrows, New Utrecht, b. May or Aug. 8, 1 743 ; 
m., i'', Ap' II, 1767, Nelte, dau. of Philip Nagel, of Flatbush ; b. Feb. 27, 
1749, d. Aug. 7, 1781 ; m., 2'', Sarah Van Pelt, b. Dec. 22, 1750 ; d. Aug. 
6, 1813 ; he d. Mar. 24, 1814. Issue : 

128. Joost or George, of New Utrecht, b. Aug. i, 1769 ; m. Sep. 24, 
1801, Catharine, dau. of Bateman Loyd, of Flatbush ; d. Mar. 
18, 1824, and had a dau. Ellen. 

129. Maria, b. Feb. 10, 1772 ; m. Stephen Ostrander, of Brooklyn; 
d. 1 85 1. Issue: Sophia, Abraham, Ellen Catharine, and Philip 
Henry. 

130. Philip, b. Oct. 7, 1774; m. Nov. 12, 181 7, Rachel Day, who 
d. Jan. 7, 1864; he d. in 1750. Was a clergyman of the R. 
D. Ch., stationed at Englewood, N. J., and had children: — 
Ellen L. and Abraham W. 

131. Catrina or Caty, b. Mar. 4, 1778 ; d. Oct. 8, 1807, single. 

132. Peter (by 2"^ wife), farmer, of New Utrecht, b. Oct. 27, 1784; 
m., 1% Dec. 28, 1808, Maria, dau. of Peter Wyckofif, of Gow- 



i88o,] Early Settlers of Kings County, N. Y. 6q 

anus; m., 2^^, June 12, 1833, MaryFurman. Had children : — 
Sarah Ann, who m. Stephen H. Williamson, Peter, Abraham, 
Ellen, John, all by i'' wife, and George. 

133. Nelly or Nelfe, b. Mar. 7, 1787 ; d. about 182 1, single. 

134. Gertrude or Gertie, b. Aug. 2, 1789 ; d. single. 

69. Peter, of Bushwick, m., 1% . ... Be Bevoise ; m., 2'', Deborah 
Blake, widow of John Hulst. Will da. Sep. 21, 1821. Issue: — 

134. i. Elizabeth. 

135. ii. Catharine, m Quick. 

136. iii. Sarah, m. Anthony Hulst, of Bushwick. 

137. iv. Anna, m Hoffman. 

138. V. Magdalena or Helena, xw Messerole. 

139. vi. Jane, m Coljer. 

140. vii. Fhebe, m. W"". Conselyea. 

141. viii. Maria, m. May 29, 181 1, Moses De Bevoise. 

142. ix. Ann. 

70. Elizabeth, m. June, 1765, Harmanus Barkeloo, of New Utrecht, 
who had children : — Sarah, Catharine, Harmanus H., George, John or 
Johannes, William, Elizabeth, and Ann or Nancy. 

71. Johannes, b. 1760; m., i^', . . . . ; m., 2'', wid. Lee; d. 1836. 
Was a clergyman of the R. D. Ch., and officiated in Somerset C°, N. J. 
Issue : — 

143. i. JoluA 

144. ii. George. 

145. iii. Henry. 

146. iv. Catharine. 

147. V, Elizabeth. 

148. vi. Jane. 

72. Femmetje, m. \']']Z, John Van Pelt, of N. Utrecht, and had chil- 
dren : — Rev. Peter I., George, Aart, William, and Phebe or Femmetje, 

73. Catharine, m. Professor Peter Wilson, of Columbia College, N. Y., 
and had children : — Elizabeth, Margaret, Phebe, Christina Cowenhoven, 
Catharine, Peter, and George. 

74. George, of Bushwick, bp. Aug. 20, 1767; m. Polly or Mary, 
Sutphen, wid. Maria, of Sharp. Issue : — 

149. i. George,h. Feb. 4, 1797. 

150. ii. Jacob Sharp, b. Ap' 19, 1798- 

151. iii. Ann Sebring or Sabina, m. John Brower. 

152. iv. Peter Wilson, b. Ap' 21, 1800. 

153. V. Abraham, b. July 12, 1801. 

154. vi. Catharine, b. Oct. 12, 1802; all bp. in Brooklyn. 

Descendants of Tunis Durvea (40) and Anna Rapalje. 

97. Charles or Carel, bp. Feb. 4, 1756- Will da. in 1795, his wife 
being dead at that date. Issue : — 

155. i. Rebecca. 

156. ii. Jacob. 

157. iii. Matilda. 

158. iv. Cor7ielia. 

98. (Suppose). Peter. No further trace. 



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Descendants of Abraham Duryea (42) and Sarah Van Wyck. 

102. Abraham, m. A?itje Schenck. Will da. Sep. 2, 1786, pro. June 9, 
1789. Issue : — 

159. i. Abraham. 

160. ii. Antje, m. Cornelius Van Wyck, 

The foregoing is an imperfect sketch of a portion of the Duryea family, 
now very numerous, and principally located on Long Island, in the city of 
New York, and New Jersey. It is made up from notes gathered together 
by the author in his general researches for genealogical information of the 
early settlers of Kings county, with the hope that it will have the effect to 
spur up and induce some member of the Duryea family to gather materials 
and fill up and give a full and more perfect genealogy of his race. 

There was a "Jan Dorie or Durie " and a "Pieter de Ry or de Rea", 
as generally written on the church records of Hackinsack, who had chil- 
dren baptised in 1720 and 1723 in said town, whose descendants now 
write their names Duryea or Durje, and are numerous in that locality. This 
Jan and Pieter were probably grandsons of Joost, the emigrant, but of this 
no positive evidence. • 



GENEALOGICAL FRAGMENTS. 



By John J. Latting. 



Feake. 



Henry Feake, (supposed) brother of Robert, first appears as an early 
settler at Saugus (Lynn), Massachusetts, in 1632, on the 14th May, of 
which year he is admitted as a freeman of that place. 

In the month of April, 1637, he is one of ten men, all of Saugus (being 
the second named on the list) to whom leave was granted by the Court of 
Assistants, sitting at Plymouth, to form a new settlement below Plymouth, 
on Cape Cod Bay, and to take up sufficient land there for the accommoda- 
tion of sixty families. The settlement was speedily effected and the place 
named Sandwich, Mr. Feake was probably married at this time, but 
the name of his wife has not been ascertained. He had a daughter Eliza- 
beth, who, on the 24th of March, 1650, was married to Capt. John Dilling- 
ham, the 2d son of his friend Edward Dillingham, who was one of his co- 
associates from Saugus in the settlement of Sandwich. 

He continued his residence in Sandwich till about the year 1652, when 
he joined a colony from New England, and, removing to Long Island, 
formed the new settlement near Flushing, to which the name of Middleburg 
was given — subsequently and now known as Newto\vn. Accompanying 
him was also Lieutenant William Palmer, of Yarmouth, who had married 
his niece, Judith Feake, the sister of Tobias Feake. 

I have failed to discover the time and place of his wife's death. This 



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event must have occurred prior to 1654, for in that year he married, for 
his second wife, the Widow Johanna Wheeler. He is described as having 
at this time three children, while the Widow Wheeler had two by her first 
husband. The names of these children have not been discovered. It is 
not unlikely the families bearing this name, and now or recently residing 
in North Castle, Westchester County, may be descendants of these children 
of Henry Feake, or of some of them. There was no issue of thi.s second 
marriage. 

Henry Feake, died at Middleburg (Newtown), in the latter part of the 
year -1657, having first made and published his last will and testament, 
dated 24th September, 1657, in the presence of John Moore and John 
Barker as witnesses. [See Dutch MSS. in office of Secretary of State, 
Albany, N. Y., Vol. VHL, p. 801.] 

Tobias Feake was the son of James Feake, goldsmith, of London, 
born there about 1622. He was the nephew of Robert and of Henry 
Feake, and came to New England about 1638-9. He had a %\%\.qx, Judith 
(probably) older than he, who subsequently married William Palmer, of 
Yarmouth (his second wife). 

The earliest notice of Tobias Feake occurs on the loth Dec, 1689, when 
he was in his seventeenth year, and (probably) residing with his married 
sister, Mrs. Palmer, at Yarmouth. They appear to have still held from the 
Company of Goldsmiths a leasehold, or some other interest, in the house 
and shop which was their father's, on Lombard street, in London ; and at 
the above date, they, together with their uncle, " Lieut. Robert Feake of 
Watertown in New England, Gentleman," and Judith's husband, " Ser- 
geant William Palmer of Yarmouth in New England," execute a Power 
of Attorney to their maternal uncle, Tobias Dixon, of London, to dis])ose 
of the above mentioned house and shop. 

It was about this date that Capt. Daniel (Kirk) Patrick and Capt. 
John Underhill, having been deprived of, or having surrendered, their mil- 
itary commissions under the Massachusetts Bay Company, removed, with 
Robert Feake, to Stamford and Greenwich, in Connecticut. On the 20th 
of April, 1640, Capt. Patrick made a purchase from the Norwalk Indians of 
■ several tracts of land on the west side of Norwalk River, in and near the 
present village of Norwalk. Tobias Feake was present at the consumma- 
tion of this purchase, and signs the Deed as a witness. (Halls His. Rec- 
ords of Norwalk, p. 31). From this time he probably followed the fortunes 
of Patrick and of his uncle, Robert Feake, who, in the month of July fol- 
lowing, made a joint purchase from the Indians of a large tract of land at 
what is now Greenwich, Conn., and there fixed their residence. The next 
allusion to him that we find is in a letter addressed by Governor Eaton, of 
New Haven, to Governor VVinthrop, of New London, on the 21st of July, 
1648, in reference to the domestic difficulties in the family of Robert 
Feake, then absent in England. In this letter "Toby Feake" is given as 
authority for denial of the unpleasant rumor industriously circulated re- 
specting his aunt EHzabeth Feake and William Hallett. 

Patrick had been assassinated in a quarrel with a soldier, at the house 
of Capt. Underhill, in Stamford, in the month of January, 1644, leaving a 
widow and several children. Governor Winthrop, in his History of New 
England, vol. .2, p. 151, speaks of her as "a good Dutch woman and 
comely:' Her name was Annetje Aelbreghts (Albertse) Van Beyeren, 
daughter of AlTaert Bastiensen Van Beyeren, of a family of some credit 



y2 Genealogical Fragments. [April, 

and distinction, residing at the Hague, in Holland, where, it is presumed, 
she was married to Patrick some time during the period of his military ser- 
vice in the Low Countries in the army under the command of the then 
Prince of Nassau. At the time of Patrick's death she must have been 
somewhat the elder of young Master Feake, who had but just attained 
his majority. Be this as it may, her comeliness, and possibly her pecuniary 
prospects, obscured or overcame all impediments and discrepancies of 
age, and she shortly afterwards became the wife of Tobias Feake, now 
grown to man's estate. 

The actual date of their marriage has not been ascertained. It was 
probably before or about the time of his removal to Flushing, on Long 
Island, which, as is to be inferred from the statements in his Petition to the 
Lords Directors of the Dutch West India Company, hereafter mentioned, 
must have been in the year 1645. In the month of March, 1649, they are 
found residing together at Flushing. On the 31st of March, of this year, 
he binds his step-daughter, Annetje Patricx, to Cornelis Van Tienhoven ; 
and, on the 14th of August, of the same year, Mrs. Feake gives to Adriaen 
Van der Donck, then " about to depart for Fatherland," a Power of Attor- 
ney to investigate the state of her affairs in Holland, and collect whatever 
may be coming to her. (Dutch MSS. in Secretary of State's office, Al- 
bany ; Register of Provincial Secretary, Vol. III., p. 54.) From this time 
Tobias Feake apparently becomes an active and prominent participator in 
l)ublic affairs at Flushing. On the 26th November, 1653, he is a delegate 
from Flushing to a convention held at New Amsterdam to devise and rec- 
ommend measures for the public security. 

On the loth December, in the same year, he is also the member from 
Flushing at a convention at New Amsterdam, to represent the state of the 
country to the authorities in Holland. 

On the 23d June, 1657, he is one of the Commissioners appointed to 
protect the Town of Flushing against intrusions of Hempstead people. 

In a Pel^ition for compensation for his services, which he presented in 
the summer of 1663 to the Directors of the West India Company, at 
Amsterdam, in Holland, being then on a visit there, he represents that he 
had "served there (at Flessingin — in New Netherland) about 18 years 
as a volunteer in the service of the Company under the Director General 
Kieft," "in the war with the savages," "and again during the late English 
war," " so that he often injured the enemy by his prudence," "without re- 
ceiving any reward whatever for these his taithful services." It is probable 
he never obtained the compensation sought. The Lords Directors en- 
closed his Petition to the Director General Stuyvesant, and wrote the lat- 
ter from Amsterdam, under date September 21, 1663, as follows: "You 
shall further see from the enclosed Petition of Tobias Feecx, an inhabitant 
of New Netherland, what he was soliciting, and as we do not possess any 
cognizance whatever of this affair, so we have remitted it to your Honor, 
to act in this case as you may deem proper." 

In 1657, he was appointed Schout-fiscal (Sheriff) for Flushing, to suc- 
ceed William Hallet, who had been recently deposed from the same office 
by Stuyvesant, and fined and imprisoned, for entertaining the Rev. William 
Wickenden, of Rhode Island, allowing him to preach at his house, and re- 
ceiving the sacrament of the T^ord's Supper from his hands. This was 
at the memorable period when many of the Quakers, expelled from 
Massachusetts and driven out of Rhode Island and other places in 



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New England, sought refuge from religious persecutions under the 
presumed more tolerant jurisdiction of the Dutch on Long Island. 
Governor Stuyvesant, in his blind obstinacy and narrow-mindedness, not 
comprehending the liberal and enlightened policy of the West India Com- 
pany, as expressed in the rebuke they subsequently administered to him, 
pursued the most stringent measures against the sect and all those who 
countenanced or harbored them. 

Among those who fell under the Governor's displeasure was Henry 
Townsend, then a resident of Jamaica, but who had previously resided 
in Flushing, at whose house a number of the Quakers were lodged and 
entertained, and where they " unrelentingly corresponded." It was 
charged that he had " convocated a conventicle of the Quakers," at his 
house, and himself assisted in it. For this he had been condemned, on 
the 5th of September, 1657, to pay a fine of ^8 Flanders, or else to de- 
part the province within six weeks, upon the penalty of corporeal punish- 
ment. The cruel treatment of other promhient members of the sect by the 
Government at the Manhattoes, with tliis unjust condemnation of Town- 
send, so aroused the indignation of the people of Flushing that they as- 
sembled, to the number of thirty of the principal inhabitants, at the house 
of Michael Milnor, in Flushing, and addressed the following respectful re- 
monstrance to the Governor : 

" Right Honorable : You have been pleased to send up unto us a cer- 
tain prohibition or command that wee should not relieve or entertein any 
of those people called Quakers because they are supposed to bee by some, 
seducers of the people. For our parte we cannot condemn them in this 
case, neither can wee stretch out our handes against them to punish, ban- 
nish, or persecute them, for out of Christ, God is consuming fire, and it is 
a fearfuU thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Wee desire there- 
fore in this case not to judge, least we be judged, neither to condem least 
wee bee condemd, but rather let every man stand or fall to his own 
maister. Wee are commande by the law to doe good unto all men, es- 
pecially to those of the household of faith. And though for the present 
wee seeme to be insensible of the law and the lawgiver, yet when death 
and the law assault us, if wee have an advocate to seeke who shall pleade 
for us in this case of conscience betwixt God and our own soules, the 
powers of this world can neither assist us, neither excuse us, for if God 
justifye who can condem, and if God condem, there is none can justifye. 
And for those jealouses and suspicions which some have of them that 
they are destructive unto magistracy and ministerye (this) cannot bee 
for the magistrate hath the sword in his hand and the minister hath 
the sword in his hand, as witnesse those tew great examples which 
all magistrates and ministers are to follow (Moses) and Christ whom 
God raised up maintained and defended against all the enemies both 
of flesh and spirit ; and therefore that which is of God will stand, 
and that which is of man will come to noething. And as the Lorde 
hath taught Moses or the civil power to ^ive an outward liberty in the state 
by the law written in his heart, for the good of all, and can truely judge 
who is good, who is evil, who is true and who" is false, and can pass defeni- 
tive sentence of life or death against that man which rises up against the 
fundamental! law of the States General, Soe he hath made his ministers 
a saver of life unto life, and a saver of death unto death. The law of love, 
peace and liberty in the state, extending to Jewes Turkes and Egyptians, 



74 Genealogical Fraginents. [April, 

as they are considered the sonnes of Adam, which is the glory of the out- 
ward State of Holland, soe love peace and liberty, extending to all in 
Christ Jesus, condems hatred warre and bondage. And because our Sav- 
iour saith it is impossible but that offences will come, but woe tmto him by 
whom they cometh ; our desire is not to offend one of his little ones in 
whatever forme or name or title he appears in, whether presbyterian, inde- 
pendent baptist or quaker, but shall be glad to see anything of God in any 
of them, desiring to doe unto all as wee desire that all men should do unto 
us, which is the true law both of church and state. For our Saviour saith, 
this is the law and the prophets. Therefore if any of these said persons 
come in love unto us, we cannot in conscience lay violent hands upon 
them, but give them free Egresse and regresse unto our towne and houses, 
as God shall persuade our consciences. And in this we are true subjects 
both of church and state, for we are bound by the law of God and man to 
do good unto all men, and evil to noe man. And this is according to the 
Pattent and charter of our towne, given unto us in the name of the States 
General!, which wee are not willing to infringe and violate, but shall houlde 
our pfettent, and shall remaine your humble subjects the Inhabitants of 
Vlissingh. Written this 27th of Dec. 1657, by me 

"Edward Hart, Clerk." 

Armed with this dignified and spirited document, subscribed by some 
thirty of the principal inhabitants of the town, Tobias Feake, Schout-fiscal, 
who had himself also signed it, was charged by his fellow-townsmen to 
wait forthwith upon the Governor, and present it in person. On the follow- 
ing day, the 28th December, 1657, he appeared before the Governor, at 
New Amsterdam, and handed him the protest. Whereat this doughty offi- 
cial was so highly incensed that he ordered his Attorney General, Nicasius 
De Sille, immediately to arrest him. He was forthwith lodged in prison in 
the Fort, where he lay until the 28th of January following, when he was 
brought before the Governor and Council. For his part in these proceed- 
ings, and upon his confession that he had received the order and placards 
of the Director Genei-al prohibiting the admission or toleration in the vil- 
lage of "Flissingen" of any of that "heretical and abominable sect 
called quakers," he was adjudged guilty of having violated his oath of 
ofifice as a subaltern officer of the Director General, and as Sheriff of the 
aforesaid village of P'lissingen, and was therefore degraded from his ofifice, 
and sentenced to be banished or pay an amende of 200 guilders. 

It is to be inferred this judgment and sentence were due to the fidelity 
and tenacity with which the Sheriff adhered to his conscientious justifica- 
tion, as a matter of principle, of the part he had taken in the proceedings. 
His fellow townsmen, who had also been summoned before the Governor 
and Council, found their courage fail, and humbly and obsequiously mak- 
ing confession, and meanly charging the Sheriff with having '^inveigled 
and seduced " them, and with having himself dictated the remonstrance, 
craved pardon for themselves, promising to conduct themselves in a more 
prudent manner thereafter. 

It does not appear that the sentence of banishment against Mr, Feake 
was enforced. Probably his fine was exacted, as no doubt the coffers of 
the Governor were frequently replenished in this way. 

(To be continued.) 



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RECORDS OF THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH IN THE 
CITY OF NEW YORK.— Marriages. 



INGESCHREVEN. 

(668) [1692.J 
den 5 Aug. 



Eodem. 
Eodem, 
den 12 diet. 
Eodem. 
den 26 dicto. 

den 23 Sept. 
den 4 Octob. 

den 12 dicto. 

Qtn 9 Nov. 

den 10 dicto. 
den 10 dicto. 



(669) 

den 30 Nov. 



(Continued from Vol. X., p. 126, of The Record.) 

GETROUWT. 

Hendrick Van Oblinius, j. m. Vai^ N. den 28 Aug. tot 

Haerlem, en Jannetje Tibo6ts, j. d. N. Haerlem. ' 

Van MidvvoLit, wonende d' Eerste tot 

N. Haerlem, en tvvede alhier. 
Wessel Evertszen, j. m. Van N, Yorck, den 28 dicto. 

en Susanna Van Tienhoven, j. d. als 

boven, beyde wonende alhier. 
Johannes Van de Water, j. m. Van N, den i Sept. 

Yorck, en Baefje Jans, j. d.als boven, 

bevde wonende alhier. 
Pieter Leroux, j. m. Uyt oudt Engel', den 28 Aug. 

en Alida Vryman, j. d. Van N. Alba- 

nien, beyde wonende alhier. 
Reynier Qiiackenbosch, Wed'' Van Lys- den 13 Sep. 

beth Masten, en Claesje Jacobs, j. d. 

Van N. Yorck, beyde wonende alhier. 
Mangel Janszen Noll, j. m. Van Alba- Getrouwt op't 

nien, en Annetje Hendricx Yolcx, Staten Eyl' 

j. d. Van Breuckelen, d' Eerste wo- den 9 oct. 

nende op't Staten Eyl' en twede al- 
hier. 
George Walker, j.-m. Uyt lerlant, en 

Vrouvvtje Van Hoeck, j. d. Van N. 

Yorck, beyde wonende alhier. 
Jan Byvangk, Wed' Van Belitie Duyck- den 3 Nov. 

ingh, en Sara Frans, Wed^ Van Jo- 
hannes Van Couwenhoven, de Eerste 

wonende tot N. Albanien, en twede 

alhier. 
Eduard Kocx, j. m. Van en den 12 Oct, met 

Helena Meyer, j. d. Van N. Yorck, Attestatie van 

beyde wonende alhier. I de Liitersche 

Kerck, 
Thomas Laurence, Wed' en Mary den 9 Nov. met 

Ferguson, j. d. d' Eerste een licentie. 

wonende by 't Hellegat, en twede 

alhier. 
Gerrit Burger, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en den 6 Dec. 

Sara Martens, j. d. Van de Wale- 

bocht, beyde wonende alhier. 
Jacques Merie, j. m. Van Rochel, en den 27 Nov. 

Cornelia Roos, Wed' Van Elias Pro- 

voost, beyde wonende alhier. 

De H' Fredrick Philipszenj Wed' Van den 30 Nov. met 



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INGESCHREVEN. 

den 20 Decemb. 
den 21 dicto. 



den 23 Febr. 
den 24 diet, 
den II Mart, 
den 17 dicto 
den 20 dicto. 
den 24 diet. 

den 14 Apr. 
Eodem. 



(670) 
den 23 Apr. 



den 29 dicto. 
den 30 dicto. 

den 5 May. 



gktroWt. \ 

Margariet Hardens, en Catharina een licentie. 

Van Cortlant, Wed' Van John Der 

Val, be}'de wonende alhier. 
Abraham Keteltas, j. m. Van N. Yorck, den 20 Dec. met 

en Anna Courten, Wed' Van Hen- een Hcentie. 

drick Boelen, beyde wonende alhier. 
Wolfert Ecker, j. m. Van Midwout, en Getrouwt op 
Marritje Sibouts, j. d. Van de Armen Fredricks Phi- 

Bouwerye, beyde op Fredrick Philips lips lant. 

lant. 

A° 1693. 

Benjamin Norwood, j. m., en Cornelia den 23 Febr. 

Van Clyft, j. d. Van N. Yorck, beyde met een li- 

wonende alhier. centie. 

Johannes Nys, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en den 4 Mart. 
Margrietie Keteltas, j. d. Van N. Yorck, 

beyde wonende alhier. 
Pieter Gerardus Cavalier, j. m. Van N. den 30 dicto. 

Yorck, en Belitje Claerhout, j. d. als 

boven, beyde wonende alhier. 
Wessel Pieterszen, j. m. Van N. Yorck, den 20 April. 

en Jacomyntie Van Couwenhoven, 

j. d. als boven, be)>de wonende alhier. 
Johannes Van Hoorn, j. m. Van N. den 20 Mart met 

Yorck, en Catharina Mei'er, j. d. als een licentie. 

boven, beyde wonende alhier. 
Gerrit Vechten, Wed' Van Jannetie Met vertoog na 

Creisson, en Magdaleentie Jans, Midwout. .- 

Wed' Jan Homs, d' Eerste wonende 

op't Staten Ej'l', en twede alhier. 
Michiel Greenham, Matroos,* en Marie den 14 April met 

Davids, j. d. Van N. Yoick, beyde een licentie. 

wonende .alhier. 
Abraham Janszen, j. m. Van N. Yorck, den 9 May. 

en Geertie Everts, j. d. als boven, 

bey^de wonende alhier. 

M' Cornelis Vile, Wed' Van Maria Getrouwt met 

Adolfs, en Catharina Bogardus, j. d. een licentie 

Van. N. Yorck. den 23 Apr. 

John Nicks, Matroos, en Catharina Met een licentie 

Fredricx, j. d. Van. N. Yorck. den 29 Apr. 

Herry Rembel, j. m. Van Baston, en Met een licentie 

Catharina Backer, j. d. Van N. Yorck, den 30 dicto. 

beyde wonende alhier. 

Isaac Gerritszen, j. m. Van N. Yorck, den 2 JUn. 

en Maria Pieters, j. d. als boven, d' 

eerste wonei^e op Tappan, en twede 

alhier. 

[* Sailor.] 



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77 



INGESCHREVEN. 

Eodem. 
Eodem. 

den 6 dicto. 
den 12 dicto. 

Eodem. 

Eodem. 

den 13 dicto. 
den 24 dicto. 

den 2 Jun. 



(671) 
den 10 Jun. 



den 20 dicto. 

den 21 dicto. 

'l."'n 26 dicto. 
den 2 Jul. 



GETROUWT. 

Jacob Van Giesen, j. m. Van Bergen, den i dicto. 

en Riisje Pluvier, j. d. Van N. Yorck, 

beyde wonende alhier. 
Evert Byvanck, j. m. Van N. Albanian, den 25 May. 

en Wyntie Van Stoutenbiirg, Wed* 

Van Gerr' Corn. Exveen, beyde wo- 
nende alhier. 
Willem Willemszen, j. m. Van Meeiiwis, 

en Maryken Salomons, j. d. Van N. 

Yorck, beyde wonende alhier. 
Johannes Minne, j, m. Uyt Vrieslant, 

en Anneken Jochems, j. d. Van i\Iid- 

wout, d' Eerste wonende op Haver- 

stroo, en twede op PYedrick Philips- 
Ian t. 
Jan Ecker, j. m. Van Midwout, en Mag- 

daleentie V^onck, j. d. Van Zuydthamp- 

ton, d' Eerste op Fredrick Philipslant, 

en Twede op Haverstroo. 
Jeuriaen Van den Berg, j. m. Van N. 

Yorck, en Ariaentje Wynhoiits, j. d. 

U}^ de Walebocht, beyde woonende 

alhier. 
Cresce Bastiaenszen, j. m. Van Suri- 

name, en Agnietie Jans, j. d. Wan N. 

Yorck, beyde w'oonende alhier. 
Gerrit Vielen, j, m. Van en 



Eodem. 



den 4 Jun. op 
Philipsbiirg. 



Eodem op Phi- 
lipsbury. 



den 8 Jun. 



Janneken Hendrix Van Feurden, j. d. 
Van N. Yorck, beyde woonende al- 
hier. 
Isaac Van Tilburg, j. m. Van Fordham, 
en Aeltje Hendricx, j. d. Van Bos- 
wyck, beyde wonende alhier. 

Otto Van Thu5'l, j. m. Van Yorck, en 

Grietje Dircx, j. d. Van N. Yorck, 

beyde wonende alhier. 
Willem Hendricxen, j. m. Van Mitspat- 

kill, en Magdalena Brouwer, j. d. Van 

de Gujanes, beyde wonende in't Ho- 

gelant. 
Casparus Springsteen, j. m. Van Bosch- 

wyck, en Wyntie Jurcx, j. d. Van N. 

Albanien, d' Eerste wonende in 't 

Hogelant, en twede alhier. 
Jan Pietersen, j. m. en Anna 

Gerrits, j. d. Van N. Yorck, beyde 

wonende alhier. 
Gerrit Van Hooren, j. m. Van N. 

Yorck, en Elsje Provoost, j. d. als 

boven, bej^de wonende alhier. 



den 24 May met 
een licentie. 



den 16 Jun. 



den 14 Jul. 



den 5 Aug., in 
't Hogelant. 



Vertoont ver 
leent den 9 
Aug. 

den 26 Jun. met 
een licentie. 

den 2 Jul. met 
een licentie. 



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INGESCHREVEN. 

den 3 dicto. 
den 7 dicto. 
den 14 dicto. 
den 27 dicto. 

den 9 Aug. 

den II dicto. 
den 18 Aug. 



(672) 
den 15 Sept. 



den 22 dicto. 

den 27 Sept. 
den 25 Octob. 
den 26 dicto. 
den 16 Dec. 



GKTROUWT. 



George Andrieszen, j. rn., en Elisabeth 
Stepensz., j. d. Van N. Yorck, beyde 
wonende alhier. 

John Finn, j. ni. Uyt oudt Engel', en 
Aeltje Jans, j. d. Van Schenechtade, 
beyde wonende alhier. 

Jacobus Van der Schiuir, j. m. Van N. 
Yorck, en Margariet Jans, j. d. Van 
N. Yorck, beyde wonende alhier. 

Zacharias Sickelszen, j. m. Van N. Al- 
banien, en Maryken Jans Van Bre- 
foort, j. d. Van iST. Yorck, beyde wo- 
nende op N, Haerlem-. 

Ben Herdyn, j. m., Marritje Jans, beyde 
wonende alhier. 



den 3 dicto met 
een licentie. 

den 16 dicto. 



den 25 dicto. 



Vertoog ver- 
leent den 23 
Aug. 

den 9 Aug. met 
Vertoog van 
de Lutersche 
Kerck. 

Vertoog ver- 
leent den 24 
Aug. 

Getrouwt son- 
der Vertoog. 



den 5 Jaiv 



Thomas Scayz., j. m. Van Bristol, en 

Margarietie Bandt, j. d. Van N. 

Yorck, beyde wonende alhier. 
Cornelis Eckens, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 

en Willemtje Vlierboom, j. d. Van 

N. Albanien, beyde wonende op 

Tappan. 

Michiel Bassett, j. m. Van EyP Christof- 
fel, en Helena Alst, j. d. Van Mits- 
pats Kill, d' P^erste wonende alhier, 
en twede in Mispats Kill. 

Jan Sevenhoven, j. m. Van Rochel, en 
Mary Lescuye, j. d. Van Boschwyck, 
d' Eerste wonende alhier, en twede 
op Boschwyck. 

Dirck Adolfszen, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 
en Ariaentie Kierstede, j. d. Van N. 
Yorck, beyde wonende alhier. 

John Anthony, Elisabeth Gerritsz, j. d. 
Van N. Yorck, beyde wonende al- 
hier. 

Meynart Schu\>ler, j. m. Van N. Alba- 
nien, en Rachel Cuyler, j. d. Uyt 
Supra, beyde wonende alhier. 

Nicolaes Van Tienhoven, j. m. Van 
Midwout, en Maria Abrahams, j. d. 
Van Amsterdam, beyde wonende al- 
hier. 

A° 1694. 

Wiljani Jackson, j. m. Van Edenburg, den 24 Jan. 
en Anna Wessels, j. d. Van N. Yorck, 
beyde wonende alhier. 



den 5 Dec. 



Met vertoog tot 
Midwout. 



den 2 7 Sept. met 
een licentie. 

den 25 Octob. 
met een li- 
centie. 

den 26 dicto 
met een li- 
centie. 

den 27 Dec. tot 
Midwout. 



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79 



INGESCHREVEN. 

deu 1 6 Febr. Isaacq Vredenburgh, j. ni. Van N. 

Yorck, en Janneken Joosten, VVed= 

Van John Pell, beyde wonende alhier. 
den 31 Mart. Johannes Hardenbroeck, j, m. Van N". 

Yorck, Anneken Jans Bosch, j. d. Van 

N. Yorck, bevde wonende alhier. 
den 4 Apr. Moses Gilbert, j. \\\. en Janne- 

tie Fliiyt, j. d. Van N. Yorck, beyde 

wonende tot N. Yorck. 
den 7 dicto. Thomas Adams, j. m. Van London, en 

Mary Hamer, j. d. Van N. Yorck, 

beyde wonende alhier. 
den 13 dicto. Johannes d' Honeur, j. m. Van N. 

Yorck, en Johanna Meynardt, j. d. 

Van Uvtrecht, beyde wonende alhier. 

(673) 

den 20 Apr. Joost' Vincent, j. m. Van Cassant, en 

Elisabeth Daniels, j. d. Van N. Yorck, 

beyde wonende alhier. 

den 2-? dicto. Tames Seattoun, en Anna ( , .. , TT-i. 

"^ c • . ' -. ) beyde U yt 

beunntourt, en wonen- < ,;,,,-, 
J ,, . ' ] bchotlant. 

de alhier. ( 

den 27 dicto. Leins Roosdel, j. m. uyt oiidt Engelant, 
en l^ysbeth Wessels, j. d. uyt de Bar- 
bados, beyde wonende alhier. 

den 4 May. Willem Elswaerts, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 

en Petronella Romme, j. d. ut Supra, 
beyde wonende alhier. 

den 5 dicto. Hendrick Janszen, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 

en Eemmetje Laurens, Wed^ Van 
Zeger Corneliszen, de Eerste wonen- 
de op t Staten Eyl', en twede alhier. 

den II dicto. Minckes Paiilus, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 

en Dorothee Trisser, Wed'= Van Frans 
Thomaszen, beyde wonende alhier. 

den 21 dicto. Owen Johns, j. m. Uyt Oudt Engel', en 

Elisabeth Tocker, Wed^ Van Wiljani 
Bael; beyde wonende alhier. 

den 26 dicto. Abraham Van Worms, Alias Metselaer, 

jong m. Van N. Yorck, en Harmtje 
Cxerrits, laest Wed^ Van Isaacq 
Van Hoeck, beyde wonende alhier. 

den 22 Jun. Jan Van Stryen, j.m. Van Moordrecht, 

en Johanna Van der Poel, Wed'' Van 
Barent Lievensz,beyde wonende alhier. 

den 23 dicto. Jan Barentszen Van Lubeck, Wed' Van 
Maryken Jilles, en Marritie Webbers, 
bej'de wonende alhier. 

[* Came home on that day with the man-of-war.] 



GETROTJWT. 



den 7 Mart. 



den 23 Apr. 



Meteen licentie 
den 4 Apr. 

den — Jul. 



Meteen licentie 
den I x dicto. 



den 12 May. 

den 26 dicto. 
den 6 May. 

den 38 dicto. 



Met vertoog op 
't Staten Ey- 
lant. 

den 6 Jun. 



den 25 Jul. toen 
eerst te 't 
huys gekom- 
en met de 
Man6aer.* 

den 17 Jun. 



den 22 dicto. 
den 22 Jul. 



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in<;eschreven. 

den 6 Jiil. 
den 2'^ Aug. 

den lo Sept, 

(674) 
den 19 Sept. 

den 20 dicto. 
den 28 dicto. 
Eodem. . 
den II Oct. 
den 20 diet, 
den 26 dicto. 

den 2 Nov. 

den 4 dicto. 
den 15 dicto. 

uen 17 dicto. 
den 23 dicto. 



M' Philip Fiench, j. ni. Van London, 
Anna Philips, j. d. Van N. Yorck, 
be)>de wonende alhier. 

Nicolaes ffeildings, j. m., Debora 
Coelv, Van N. Yorck, beyde wonen- 
de alhier. 

John Evans, en Catharina Magregory, 
beyde wonende alhier. 

Johannes Groenendyck, j. m. Van N. 
Yorck, en Delia Kiiylers, j. d. Van 
Albanien, beyde wonende tot N. 
Yorck . 

Cornelis de Peyster, j. ni. Van Mt Yorck, 

en Maria Bancker, j. d. Van , 

beyde wonende, tot N. Yorck. 

Thomas Martens, j. m. Uyt oiidt Engel', 
en Margrietie Ban, Wed'= Van Thonsas 
Heers, beyde wonende alhier. 

Onckel Michalje, j. m. Uyt Schotlant, 
en Judithje Ban, j. d. Van N. Yorck, 
beyde wonende alhier. 

Hendrick Janszen Van den Berg, j. m. 
Van Amsterd., Maria Anna Botirten, 
j. d., woonende aen de Oesterbay. 

Meyndert Wilsey, j. m. Van Nieuw- 
thu}Mi, en Maria Broficka, j. d. Van 
Manheym, woonende tot Mispadt. 

Willem Rosenboom, j. m. Van N. Alba- 
nien, en Beatrix Colevelt, j. d. Van 
N. Yorck, d' 'Eerste wonende alhier, 
en twe'de desgelycx. 

Radser Ban, Wed^ Van Metje Beeck- 
man, en Elisabeth Stwiel, Wed' Van 
Thomas Beets, wonende tot N. 
Yorke, 

Capt. Lancaster Sims, en Catharina 

Larkens, Wed* Van ^ , beyde 

wonende alhier. 
Arie Hooglant, j. m. Van 't lange Ey- 
lantsche Veer, en Anna B\>vanck, 
j. d. Van N, Albanien, beyde wonen- 
de alhier. 
David Spronck, j. m. Van Vlissingen, 
en Rachel Leqiiir, j. d. Van Bos- 
wyck, beyde wonende tot Boswyck. 

Will'iam Pell, en Elisabeth Thiiyl, j. d. 
Van N. Yorck, beyde wonende al- 
hier. 



GKTROUWT. 

Meteen licentie 
den 6 Jul. 

Meteen licentie 
den 26 Aug. 

Met een licentie 
den 10 Sept. 

Met een licentie 
den 19 Sept. 



Met een licentie 
den 20 dicto. 

den 10 Oct. 



Eodem. 

Met eenlicentie 
den 22 dicto. 

den 14 Nov. 
den II dicto. 



N.B. Zyn de ge- 
boden geschut,. 
om dat Thom- 
as Beets ... * 

Met een licentie 
den 4 Nov. 

Getrouwt den 
13 Dec. 



Getrouwt op 't 
lange Eyl'. 

Getrouwt met 
een licentie 
den 23 Nov. 



* N. B. The bans forbidden for the reason that Thomas Beets * * * [The remainder of original entry is 
illegible.] 



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8i 



INGKSCHRKVKN. 
(675) 

den 15 Dec. 



den 21 dicto. 
den 29 dicto. 

den 5 Jan. 



den 


1 7 Febr. 


den 


7 April. 


den 


20 dicto. 


den 


24 dicto. 


den 


3 May. 


den 


28 dicto. 


den 


31 dicto. 


(676) 
den I Jun. 


den 


14 dicto. 


den 


20 dicto. 



Robbert Grege, Mariner, en Helena 
Fellart, Wed= Van Jean Le Montez, 
beyde wonende alhier. 

Abraham Van Gelder, j. m. Van N. 
Yorck, en Catalyntie Elias, j. d. als 
Voren, beyde wonende alhier. 

Willem Andrieszen, j. m. Uvt Schot- 
lant, en Elisabeth Harriton, Wed' 
Van Josias Clearck, beyde woonende 
alhier. 

A° 1695. 

Isaacq Selover, Schoolni', en Voorsan- 
ger Van N. Amersfort, laest Wed"' 
Van Hester Leenda, Janneken Van 
Wilkenhof, laest Wed' V. Jan Thys- 
sen, d' Eerste wonende tot N. Amers- 
fort, en twede alhier. 

Paiilus Muller, j. m., en Anna Vander- 
heyden, j. d. V. , beyde woo- 
nende alhier. 

Pieter Maskelt, j. m., en Eidia Coely, 
j. d. Van N. Yorck, beyde woonende 
alhier. 

Andreuw Earo, en Cornelia Uisselton, 
Weduwe, beyde woonende alhier, 

Johan Tudor, Junior, j. m. Van , 

en Aefje Van Hooren, j. d. Van N. 
Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 

Willem Heyer, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en 
Catalyntie Mol, j. d. Van N. Yorck, 
beyde woonende alhier. 

James Spencer en Maria Carlee, beyde 
wonende alhier. 

Claes Janszen Bogaert, j. m. Van Bet- 
fort, en Belitje Van Schayck, j. d. 
Van N. Yorck, d' Eerste woonende 
tot N. Haerlem, en twede alhier. 

John Fischer en Barbara Morton. 



GKTROmVT. J 

Meteenlicentie 
den 16 De- 
cemb. 

1695 den 6 Jan. 



den 7 dicto. 



den 23 dicto. 



Meteenlicentie 
den 17 Febr. 

Meteenlicentie 
den 7 April. 

Meteenlicentie 
den 20 dicto. 

Meteenlicentie 
den 24 dicto. 

den 26 May, 



Meteenlicentie 
den 28 dicto. 
den 28 Jun. 



Meteen licentie 

den I Jun. 
den 4 Jul. 



den 21 dicto. 



Johannes Pauliiszen, j. m. Van Sche 
nectade, en Eysbeth Van de Water, 
j. d. Van 1^1. Yorck, de Eerste wonen- 
de in de Esopus, en tweede alhier, 

Martinus Eamberits, Wed' van Jacoba den 20 Jun. 
Vervelen, Van Suriname, en Catha- 
rma Van Nieuwenhuysen, j. d. Van 
N. Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 

Dirck Andrieszen, j. m. Van Boswyck, den 11 Jul. 



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INGESCHREVEN. 

den 23 Jun. 

den 27 dicto. 
den 30 dicto. 

den 6 Jul. 
den 22 Jun. 
den 5 Jul. 
den 12 dicto. 



den 28 dicto. 

(677) 
den 14 Aug. 



den 22 dicto. 
den 31 dicto. 

den 2 Sept. 
den 6 dicto. 

Eodem. 
den 12 dicto. 



GETROUWT. 



en Femmetje I.orck, j. d. Van N. 

Yorck, beyde wonende op Boswyck. 
M' Johannes Courtlant, j. m. Van N. 

Yorck, en Anna Maria Van Schayck, 

j, d. Van N. Albanien, beyde woo- 

nende alhier. 
Matthys de Hardt, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 

en Jannetje Maiirits, j. d. als boven, 

beyde woonende alhier. 
Jean Blanthard, Wed"" Van Anna Ma- 

hault, en Jeanne Gaultier, j. d,, d' 

Eerste woonende tot N. Castle, en 

twede alhier. 
Aelst Jeuriaenszen, j. m. Van Bergen, 

en Gerritje Mattheus, j. d. Van Ber- 
gen, bevde woonende aldaer. 
Josua Andrieszen, en Engeltje Van 

Dyck, j. d., beyde wonende tot Nieuw- 

thiiyn. 
Cornells Louw, j. m. Van de Esopus, en 

Margareta Van Borsum, j. d. Van N. 

Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 
Joseph Smith, Tan de Barmudes, en 

Margareta Jans, Wed* Van Jacob Van 

der Schiieren. 
Caspar Springston, en Jannetje Jacobs. 

Abraham Sibofitszen,.]. ni. Van de Ar- 
mebouwerye, en Anneken Boeckhoiit, 
j. d. Van N. Yorck, beyde woonende 
op 't landt Eredr. Philipszen. 
Joris Horn, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en An- 
neken Kaljers, j. d. Van N. Albanien, 
beyde wonende tot Boswyck. 

Evert Pels, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en 
Margare.ta Van Diiesen, j. d. Van 
N. Albanien, d' Eerste wonende al- 
hier, en twede tot N. Albanien. 

Delivery Stantely, j«m. Van Rhye, en 
Engeltje Boeckhoiit, j. d. Van N. 
Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 

Francois de Fenne, j. m. Van I^eyden, 
en Anna Margareta Blanck, j. d. Van 
N. Yorck, beyde woonende tot N. 
Yorck. 

Andries Hoist, j. m. Van Amsterdam, en 
Cornelia Van Tienhoven, j. d. Van N. 
Yorck, beyde woonende tot N. Yorck. 

Willjam Finistone, Mariner, en Patient- 
je Beltevvorth, j. d. Van , bey- 
de woonende alhier. 



Meteenlicentie 
den 23 Jun. 

Meteenlicentie 
den 28 Jun. . 

Meteenlicentie 
den 30 Jun. 



Metvertoogvan 
Bergen den 6 
Jul. 

den 23 Jun. 



Meteenlicentie 
d.Q\\ 5 Jul. 

Meteen licentie 
den 12 dicto. 

Met een licentie 
den 28 dicto. 

Vertoog ver- 
leent om te* 
troiiwen. 

Verleent ver- 
toog onite 
trouwen. 

Getrou'vt den 
29 Sept. 



Getroiiwt den 2 
•Octob. 

Getrouwt den 9 
Octob. 



Getrouwt den 
23 Septemb. 

Met een licentie 
den 13 Sept. 



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RECORDS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCHES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. 



Marriages. 1756x0 



The Register | of | Marriages | celebrated by the Ministers | of the 
jst ^ ^A Presbyterian Churches | in the [ City of New York. 

Coiitetits, 
Mr. Anderson's Register, not found. 
D"". Pemberton's — not found, 

M'. Cuniming's — D°. 

M'. Bostwick's — Page i, & onward. 

M''. Treat's — Page 85, & onward. 

D'. Rodgers — Page 17, & onward. 

M', Wilson's — Page 79, & onward. 

(i) The following is a List of the Marriages celebrat | ed by the Rev"^. 
M'. David Bostwick after his removal to | the City of New York, which 
took place in the month of' April | 1756, and to the Time of his Death, 
which was in the month j of November, 1763. 

Were Married.^ 

s 1756. 

Apl. 27. Isaac Skinner, Mariner, & Hannah Allen. 

May i^'. Stephen Harriman & Martha Denton, both of Queens County. 

May 22. John Sullivan, Innkeeper, & Mary King, 

July 3. James Omen, Marriner, & Sarah Ketchem. 

" 10. Peter Hutton, Marriner, & Mary Innis. 

" 19, William Talman, Surgeon, & Ann Carryl, 
Aug*. 7. John Margerson, Carpentar, & Elizabeth Woortman. 
Sep'. 6. William Whetten, Mariner, & Margaret Todd, of Queens 
County. 

" 10. John Garden, Mariner, & Rachel Barhait. 

" 23. William M'^Laughlin, Mariner, & Elizabeth Pipenger. 

" 24. Daniel Erpuar, Clockmaker, & Anne Maney. 

" 30. Garret Noel, Merch'., & Experience Young. 
Nov'. I. Thomas Taylor, Mariner, & Ann Harding. 

" 3. James Sharer, Cordwaner, & Hannah Shaw. 

" 5. Alexander Vans, Mariner, and Helena Drinkvvater. 

" 12. John Smith, Mariner, & Mary Potter. 

Nov'. 15. Richard Blake, Mariner, & Cathrine Spencer. 
" 22. Richard Johnston, Mariner, & Cathrine Rilents. 

[* The words '\were'married," repeated in the original, are here omitted.] 



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Dec'. 12. David Varle & Elizabeth Semmate. 

Dec'. 30*. William Davenport, Mariner, and Elinor Johnston. 

1757- 



Francis Vandike, GunsHiith, and Elizabeth Bowns. 

Thomas White, Merchant, and Rachel Anderson. 

Samuel Bridge, Carver, and Martha Cox, Widow. 

John Taylor, Copersmith, and Mary Piper. 

John Wylley, Taylor, & Cathrine Peck. 

Ezekiel Sneeds, Cooper, & Mary Wilson. — 

James Reade, Ship Carpenter, and Claetje Richman. 

Samuel Cook and Joannah Hamilton, both of New Jersey. ! 

William Gilbert & Mary Bond. 

Edward Lowere, Cooper, and Elizabeth Smith. 

John Bates. Skinner, & Rachel Springer. 

James Dickson, Shipwright, and Elizabeth Petri. • 

George Slater, Mariner, & Elizabeth Moit. 

Jonathan Holmes, Merch*, & Sarah Potter, (3) 

Duncan Duffie, Carpenter, & Barbarah Cropsey. 

Isaac Bennet, Cooper, & Elizabeth Hitchcock. 

Nehemiah Smith, Cartman, & Sarah Kinman. 

Whitehead Hicks, Esq', Attorney, and Charlotte Brovort. 

Abraham Ryker, Baker, & Sarah Rowsby. 

Joseph Dunlap, Carpentar, and Margaret Ware, Widow. 

Thomas Isbuster, Mariner, & Hannah Van Arnem. 

William Williams, Mariner, & Mary Mare. 

Peter Ablin, Mariner, & Mary Brazer. 

William Rescorta, Mariner, & Mary Jacobs. 

1758. 

John Wandal & Jane Woodford. 

Thomas Caho, Mariner, and Ann Fitzgerald. 

William Jones, Mariner, and Carolina Lake. 

Joseph Tower, Mariner, and Susannah Spranger. 

Silvanus Ludlum, of Queens County, and Ann Amerson, 

Widow. 
Jacob Van Voorhees, Merchant, and Trocy Meyer. 
Joseph Holms, Mariner, and Sarah Milliner. 
Samuel Lester, Taylor, and Christiana Riffle. 
John Palmer, Mariner, and Elizabeth Arthur. 
John Munro, of Rhode Island, and Jane Caldwell, Widow. (4) 
Michael Tannare, Carpentar, and Dorothy Dobbs. 
Nicholas Carmer, Shop Joiner, and Martha Blanchard. 
James Williams, Merchant, and Ann Dykes. 
Benjamin Mapes, Taylor, and Elizabeth White-, Widow. 
Peter R. Livingston and Margaret Livingston. 
Francis Baird & Esther Eagles. 
John Morey, Mariner, and Mary Williams. 
Joseph Lewis, Marriner, and Phytje Losier, Widow. 
Robert Finley, Cordwainer, and Sarah Montonye. 



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■ 7f ^1" Pf k' W.gmaker,and Phebe Gillim. 

■ VA ^^^'5'^', Yeoman, and Elizabeth Dean, Widow 
• f ^^^^?,^e 'y' Mariner, and Annatje Emn ots 
. Jolin Wingtield and Elizabeth Innes. 

"Coim"' ""''''''"" '"^ """ ^^'^^"^^"' ^-^h of Queens 
. Thomas Pool, Mariner, and Jane Beaty ^^^ 

Christian Williams and Marv Mathews 
John Martin, Taylor, and Mary Geraud. 
James Caigil, Butcher and Esther Earl 

Wilham Feilding, Coachmaker, and Frances Edwards Widow 
Thomas M^Bnde, Mariner, and Elizabeth Ellis ' 

Joseph Nothreys, Silk Dyer, and Elinor M^Dou'aal Widow 
Dennis M^Mare, Whitesmith, and Cathnne u4l:Z ' 
Peter King and Mary Lisk. 
Jasper Allen and Elizabeth Wright 
Absalom Bebee, Sailmaker, and Dorothy Plowman. 
John Forrest, Taylor, & Hannah Hayter 
Ihomas Wright and Sarah Wells, Widow 

^'Tvi^S J:""'''""""' ""^ ^"''"' ^^^""'^'' ^"^ ^'^^^beth Roberts, 
John Burley, Mariner, and Elizabeth Kenny, Widow ^^^ 

'^Cminty '"''"'' ^^'^""*^^' ^"^ Sarah Bowne, both 'oi Queens 
. William Martin, Merchant, and Mary Bozarine 
. 1 homas Speeding, Mariner, and Elizabeth Baket 
Ihomas Smith, Esq'., Attorney, and Elizabeth Lynsen 

Ellas Smith and . 

John Parr, Mariner, and Elizabeth Hall, Widow 
John Bird of New Jersey, and Mary Lippencut 

"^Don'afdnVfd^o::;^^ '' ''' ^^"'' ^^^""^-' -^ ^--t Mc 
Benjamin Wise, Mariner, & Elizabeth Knap, Orange Connfv 
^ Widow! ''''"' °' '" ^-"' ^^^'i'""^^' -d Hafna^'Sy, 
William Numan, Cooper, and Abigal Suchfield, Widow. 



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George Sharp, Mariner, and Mary Blagge, Widow 

Peter Maney, Carpenter, & Lucy Jamine. 

Wilham Creed, Yeoman, and Ehzabeth Pope, Widow f'7\ 

Dougal M^Dougal, of Orange County, and Mary Shaw 

Valentine Arnold, Mariner, and Tryall Spencer 

James Gordon & Esther Snidon. 

Francis Caldwell, of the 27"- Regiment, and Cathrine Haley 
Nicholas Berrian & Mary Berrian. ^ 

Benjamin Wright, Mariner, and Martha Fordham 
Michael Burrel Goldthwait and Sarah Formon. 
James Hillass and Elizabeth Nanneerer. 
David Benerger, Soldier, & Hannah Brown. 



36 Records of First and Second Presbyterian Churches, N. Y. [April, 

Apl 4. David Lyons, Pedler, and Elizabeth Connor, of Orange 

County. 
Donald M^Nab, Soldier, and Mary M'^Dougal. 
Robert Gilmore and Mary Edwards, both of Kings County. 
Isaac Cursa, Esq'., Col°., and Sarah Franklin. 
John M'^Donald & Mary Relick. 
John Evans & Mary Hinchman. 

John Craig, Mariner, & Rebecca M'^Grer. (8) 

Isaac Estlack & Dorotha Lovat. 
Jacob Bloom, Saihnaker, and Elizabeth O'Bryan. 
William Carman, Currier, and Jane Vanderhoof. 
Robert Harper, Carpentar, and Cathrine Tinbrook. 
Peter Havens, of New York, Mariner, and Rebecca Smith, of 

Suffolk County. 
John M'^Muling & Susannah Rufin. 
Robert Towt, Cordwainer, & Mary Alstine. 
Joseph Woodruff & Elizabeth Owen. 
York & Isabel, Clarks Negros. 
Luke Ament & Elizabeth Billings. 
Joseph King & Phebe Anderson. 
Benjamin Bawood & Abigail Veil. 
John Hussy and Martha Blair. 

John Tory, Ship Carpentar, and Jennet Delany, Widow. 
Andrew Campbell & Elizabeth Wheeler. '__- 
James Powell, Mariner, & Ann Bruce. 
Jacob Shourt and Susannah Colegrove. 
Lewis Smith, Mariner, & Cathrine Forister, Widow. 
Abraham Sneden, Orange County, and Rachel Swartout. 
Alexander Stoot, Mariner, and Mary Wilson. - (9)' 

Samuel Wright and Rebecca Bloom. 
Alexander Ogilvy & Debora Cox. 
Malcolm M'^Pherson & Hannah Christie. • 

1760. 

Samuel Plumb & Jane Wilson. 

James Hownam & Margaret Stuart. 

James Kirkwood & Cathrine Duffy. 

James Riddle & Elizabeth Rider. 

Hugh Dougherty & Rebecca Anderson. 

William Hallock & Elizabeth Dodge. 

Robert Pickman & Rebecca Sample. 

William Cunningham & Elizabeth Noble. 

Robert Brown & Cathrine Jacklin. 

Gilbert Sherar & Susannah Wrightman. 

Joseph Dwight and Margaret Peterson. 
, James Dane and Agness Caldwell. 
, Jacob Taylor and Sarah Robison. 

Edward Sheepherd & Ruth Sheepherd. ^\j| 

. John Clark & Margaret Alford. 

John M "^Knight & Ann M'^Konnel. 

Cornelious Ryan & Cathrine Cartey. 



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Robert Jarvis & Savoy Tumeer. 

Dunken M'=Gregon, Soldier, and Mary Christie. 

James Amyr & Margaret Brown. 

John Stuart & Elizabeth Hunt. 

James Thomas & Margaret Dyke. 

William Scott & Ehzabeth Peneer. (10) 

William Filliock & Elizabeth Frazer. 

John Wilson & Elenor Parkes. 

Ruben Fairchild & Mary Wells. 

Thomas White & Anne Hinson. 

See Page 84. 
Robert Bloodgood & Sarah Thorn, Queens County. 
William Hilland and Mary Thorne. 
Richard Anderson & Margaret Young. 
Richard Dangan & Cornelia Winter. 
William Colegrove & Mary Wheeler. 
John Vanarsdalan & Cathrine Mills. 
Thomas English & Mary Ryan. 
Richard Hussey & Elizabeth German. 
John Thompson & Mary Hamilton. 
Peter Wright & Margaret Bloom. 

See page 84. 
Richard Harbert & Cornelia Hurt. 
Gideon Avery and Sarah Lilly. 
John Morton & Sophia Kemper. 
James Kip & Frances Ingilsby. 
John Wessels & Margaret Chadeyn. 
Wynant Bennet & Margaret Allen. 
Charles Ellis and Susannah Webb. 
John Kirby & Dorothy Wallace. 
David M'^Kinndless & Isabella Neilson. 
Joseph Hallet & Elizabeth Hazard. 
Edward Hoy & Phebe Howell. 
Evert Chairman «& Phebe Jacobs. 

See page 84. 

1761. 



10. John Fox and Mary Saunders. 

ID. Richard Robinson & Elizabeth Whitefield. 
12. Jacob Bloom & Priscilla Meeker. 

14. John Middlemass & Charity Dyckman. (n), 

15. John Moore and Grizle Hunt. 

27. Francis Rumsa& Cathrine Fox. 

29. Daniel Ferguson & Ann Strong. 

30. David Ward & Alitye Van Kleek. 
4. Thomas Erskine & Mary Gano. 

23. Andrew Ross and 

28. Alexander Wilson & Cathrine Van Woort. 

11. John Studdeford & Alida Burger. 
19. John Dennis & Sarah Welch. 

9. Isaac Corsa & Mary Gibbs. 



88 Records of St. George's Church, Hempstead, Z. /. [April, 

April 9. Tunis Lafargee & Jane Lent. 

" 17. Thomas Embree & Cathrine Stephens. 
" 18. Agins M'^Quinn & Jane Duttire. 
" 21. Joseph Waldron & Mary Fasher. 
May 6. Peter Machet & Sarah Cox. 

" 7. James Linkleton and Cathrine Hardenbrook. 

" 8. John Brown and Dinah Stevens. 

" 15. Edward Runshaw and Rachel Wheeler. 
" 16. Vincent Carter & Mary Benson. 
June 6. Thomas Guest & Cathrine French. 
" 16. John Chambers & Eavis Field. 
<' 20. Edmond Powell & Mary Rowland. 
July 6. Benjamin Wheten & Phebe PVeeman. 
" 10. Thomas Burns & Elizabeth Colegrove. 

" 17. William Brazer & Cathrine Norwood. (12) 

Aug'. 5. John Gordon & Cathrine Bayley. 
♦' 6. Benjamin Soper & Sarah Brown. 

" 22. Jokin Elkins and Mary Hunt. 
" 28. James O'Bryan & Mary Plume. 

Gilbert Barnes & Mary Bates. 

William Barwick & Elizabeth Byfield. 

John M"=Donald & Margaret M'^Donald, 

Alexander Johnston & Flora M'^Kellar. 

William Chesler & Effey Oman. 

Joseph Cook & Margaret Lane. 

John Campbell & Sarah Oakley. 

William Cowley & Rebecca Abbot. 
12. Thomas Power & Mary Harris. 

Nathaniel Havens & Ann Carpentar, of Queens County. 

Joseph Robinson & Mary Cebra. 

Isaac Lawrence & Mary Ann Hampton. 

Moses Hayt & Charity Soper. 

Cornelious Smith & Mary Baker. 

Abraham Post & Rebecca Grau. 



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RECORDS OF ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, HEMPSTEAD, L. L 

BAPTISMS. 



Communicated by Benjamin D. Hicks, Esq. 



(Continued from Vol. XL, p. 51, of The Record.) 



1763. 



April II. At Huntington, John, s. of Henry and Ann Alley. 
April 26. Mary, d., Charles, s., of Timothy and Ann Smith. 
May 6. At Mr. Lawrence's (Flushing), Elizabeth, d. of George and 
Sarah Lawrence. 



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May 12. Phebe, d. of Benjamin and Hannah Smith. 

" " James, s. of Samuel and Katherine Cornell. 
May 20. Phebe, d. of John and Mary Marvin. 

" " Elizabeth, d. of Samuel and Mary Denton. 
" " Miriam, d. of Charles and Abigail Cornel. 
" " Anne, d. of Adam and Miriam Seabury. 
x; June 5. At Oyster Bay, L. I., John A., s., of John and Prudence 
Hawkins. 
June 19. Susanna, d. of Isaac and Susanna Baldin. 
" " Peter, s. of Peter and Margaret Shuryheur. 
" " Stephen, s. of John and I-ucretia Linnington. 
Sep. — . James, s. of John and Martha Bedel. Both deceased. 
Sep. — . Joseph, s. of Henry and Ruth Jackson. 
Oct. 16. Winefred, d. of Isaac and Phebe Smith. 
Dec. 24. William Smith, adult. 

" " John, s., Elizabeth, d., Benjamin, s., of Samuel and Levinah 
Smith. 

1764. 

Jan. 15. Samuel, s. of Benjamin and Elizabeth Treadwell. 

Mar. 21. Timothy, s. of Israel and Elizabeth Horsefield, of York Ferry. 

May I. Epenetus, s. of Epenetus and Katherine Piatt. 

" " Philip, s. of Isaac and Margaret Smith. 

May 6. At Huntington, Long Island, Anna, d. of Josiah and Jerusha 
Rogers. 

" " Mary, d. of Jeremiah and Abigail Rogers. 

" " Samuel Pearsall, adult. 

■*' " John S., s., Anna, d., of Samuel and Keziah Pearsall. 

The Rev. Mr. Samuel Seabury, Rector of St. George's Parish, de- 
parted this life on Friday Morning, the 15"* of June, 1764, in the 58* year 
of his age. 

June 16. By Rev. Mr. Seabury of Jamaica, Benjamin T., s. of Daniel 

and Pegge Kissam. 
Aug. 12. Ann, d. of David and Sarah Peterson. 
Oct. 10. Sarah, d. of Benjamin and Susanna Hewlett. 

1765. 

April 9. Alchy, d. of Jonathan and Eloner Gildersleeve. 

July 21. Esther, d. of Cornelius and Elizabeth Miller. 

" " Phebe, d. of Samuel and Mary Denton. 

" " Hannah, d. of John and Laircha Linnington. 

" " Hannah, d. of Nicholas and Phebe Watts. 

Oct. 13. Samuel, s. of Adam and Miriam Seabury. 

" " Timothy, s. of Benjamin and Elizabeth Treadwell. 

" " Mary, d. of Israel and Mary Smith. 

" " Margaret, d. of Morrice and Mary Smith of Chester, Conn. 

Dec. I. Stephen, s. of James and Mary Sills of Setauket, L. I. 

" " Daniel, s. of Isaac and Susanna Baldin. 

Dec. 29. James, s. of Thomas and Ann Horsefield of Brookhn. 



go Records of St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. 1. [April, 

Dec. 29. Samuel, s., Elizabeth, d., of William and Miriam Cornell, 
(deceased.) 

1766. 

April 13. Rachel, d. of Thomas and Rachel Van Wyck. 

Aug. 2. Margaret, d. ot William and Phebe Smith. 

Sep. 5. Mary Lester, adult. 

Nov. 9. David, s. of Richard Gildersleeve. 

Dec. I. Elizabeth, d. of Daniel and Mary Kissam. 

Benjamin, s. of John and Rebecca Mitchell. 



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Leonard Cutting, Rector. 
1767. 

April I. Richard, s. of Daniel and Peggy Kissam. 

April 5. At Oisterbay, Divine, s. of John and Sarah Hewlett. 

April 12. Charity, d. of Charles and Abagail Cornell. 

May 3. Hannah, d. of Samuel and Margaret Stringum. 

May 14. Hannah, d. of John and Lucretia Linints. 

May 22. At Musceto Cove, Maria, d. of Abraham and Grace Walton of 

N. Y. City. 
May 24. Judith, d. of Nicholas and Phebe Watts. 

May 28. John Lamberson, an adult; Mary Bond, an adult; Mary Wig- 
gins, an adult. 
" " Phebe, d. of Abraham and Jane Bond. 
July 19. At Huntington, Elizabeth, d. of Reuben and Elizabeth Dean. 
" " Thomas, s. of Thomas and Hannah Jarvis. 
" " Ebenezer, s. of Isaiah and Elizabeth Rogers. 
" " John, s. of Shubal and Freelove Smith. 
James, s. of Stephen and Jane Thorne. 
Elizabeth, d. of George D. and Frances Ludlow. 
Sarah, d. of Samuel and Susannah Treadwell. 
At Flushing, Anne Cornell, adult. 
At Flushing, Sarah, d., Mary, d., Samuel C, s., Charlotte, d, 

Francis, s., of Francis and Hannah Brown. 
Sarah, d. of Thomas and Ehzabeth Grenold. 
Jane, d. of Jonathan and Hellena Gildersleeve. 
Adam, s. of Adam and Miriam Seabury. 

1768. 

Jan. 8. Martha, wife of William Thorne. 

" " Sarah, d., Richard, s., Thomas C, s., Mary, d., William, s., 
John, s., of William and Martha Thorne. 
Feb. 7. Elizabeth, d. of Benjamin and Elizabeth Treadwell. 
Feb. 21. Hannah, d., Anne, d., of Joseph and Hannah Hall. 
Mar. 16. At Jamaica, Alice, d. of Col. Josiah and Elizabeth Martin. 
April 10. At Huntington, Samuel, s. of Samuel and Kesiah Pearsall. 

" " Isabella, d. of Henry and Anne AUee. 

" " Robert, s. of John and Jane Kelly. 
April 12. Thomas, s., Jane, d., Sarah, d., Ruth, d., of William and Sarah 
Burtis. 



Aug. 


2. 


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9- 


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18. 


Sep. 


20. 


Nov 


4. 


Nov. 


6. 


Dec. 


8. 


Dec. 


29. 



i88o.] Records of St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. I. qi 

July 6. Hannah Rhodes, adult. 

" " Anne Rhodes, adult. 

" " Samuel Rhodes, adult. 
Sep. 9. Eleanor, d. of William and Elizabeth Colder. 
Sep. 18. Benjamin W., s. of Joseph and Sarah Horsfield. 
Nov. 27. Elizabeth, d. of Ehzabeth and John Allen. 

1769. 

Jan. 2. Elizabeth, d. of John and Elizabeth DeMott. 

Jan. '23. Abigail, d., Thomas, s., Samuel, s., Joseph, s., of Thomas and 

Susanna Carman. 
Jan. 25. Sarah Thorne, wife of Richard Thorne. 

" " Mary Seaman, adult. 

" " Richard, s. of Richard and Sarah Thorne. 
Feb. 8, Henry Peters, adult. 

" " Rebecca, wife of Jacob Smith. 

" " Sarah, wife of William Treadwell. 

" '' James, s. of William and Sarah Treadwell. 

" " Ruth, d. of Jacob and Rebecca Smith. 
Mar. 10. Martha Seamans, widow. 

" *' Anne Seamans, adult. 

" " Martha Seamans, adult. 

" " Jane, d., Philena, d. of Martha Seamans. 

" " Mordecai, s. of Isaac and Mary Smith. 
Mar. 25. Jemima Hewlett, adult. 

Mar. 25. Stephen, s. of Benjamin and Jemima Hewlett. 
Mar. 25. At Flushing, Cabriel V., s. of Cabriel G. and Anne Ludlow. 

" " Sarah, d. of Charles and Sarah Crommelir. 
Mar. 30, Silvanus Smith, Timothy Smith, Jane Smith, Deborah Smith, 
Mary Smith, adults. 

" " John, s., Jenney, d., of Timothy and Jane Smith. 
April 2, Anna, d. of Charles and Abigail Cornell. 
April 16. Catherine, d. of George and Catherine West of Shrewsberry, 

N.J. 
April 18. At Musceto Cove, Maria E., d. of Abraham and Grace Walton. 
May 7. Cornelius, s. of Gilbert and Abigail Van Wyck. 
June 23. Jonathan Doxee, William Doxee, adults. 
June 29. Henry, s. of John and Lucretia Linnton. 
Aug. 18. George D., s. of George D. and Frances Ludlow. 
Aug. 20. Henry, s. of Nicholas and Phebe Watts. 
Sep. 30. Philip Thorne, adult. 

" " Robert, s., Mary, d., of Philip and Abigail Thorne. 

" " Phebe, d. of Richard and Catherine Smith. 

" " Jonas, s. of Samuel and Mary Denton. 

" " Phebe, d. of Philip S. and Elizabeth Piatt. 
Oct. 3. Cornell Smith, adult. 

" " Elijah, s., Cornell, s., Jacob, s., Mary, d., Amos, s., John, s., of 
Cornell and Mercy Smith. 
Nov. 5. Sarah, d. of John and Sarah Hewlett of Oisterbay. 
Nov. 15. Ehzabeth Smith, Joseph Smith, adults. 
Nov. 15. John, s., Timothy, s., Silvanus, s., of Silvanus and Sarah Smith. 



02 Records of St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. I. [April, 

Dec. 12. Mary Waters, adult. 

" " Samuel, s. oT William and Martha Thorne. 
Dec. 24. William, s. of Jonathan and Hellena Gildersleeve. 

1770. 

James, s. of Elijah and Dinah Wood. 

Daniel, s. of Richard and Sarah Thorne. 

At Oisterbay, Joseph Webb, adult. 

Margaret, d. of Richard and Catherine Smith. 

Isabella V., d., William, s., Anne, d., Florinda, d.. of George and 

Catherine West of Shrewsbury, N. J. 
Benjamin, s. of Benjamin and Elizabeth Treadwell. 
Samuel, s. of Gilbert and Abigail Van Wyck. 
At Oisterbay, Richard, s. of Richard and Mercy Chew. 
William, s. of Nicholas and Phebe Watts. 
At Oisterbay, Phebe, d. of Rowland and Phebe Chambers. 
Thomas, s., William s., Samuel, s. of William and Phebe Stiles. 
Elizabeth, d. of Cornelius and Elizabeth Millar. 
Gilbert L., s. of Alexander and Sarah Menzies of Dutchess Co. 
Samuel, s, of Hendrick and Phebe Onderdonk. 
Samuel, s., Silvanus, s., of Elisha and Hannah Spragg. 
Abigail, d. of Margaret Smith. 
EUzabeth, d. of Adam and Miriam Seabury. 
Miriam, d. of John and Elizabeth Cornell. 
At Oisterbay, John, s. of Daniel and Elizabeth Calong. 
Elizabeth, d. of John and Mary Thorne. 

1771. 

Jan. 17. Richard, s., Rebecca, d., Abigail, d., Mary d., William, s-., of 
William and Mary Gritman. 
" " Ezekiel, s,, Miriam, d., of James and Abigail Verity. 
" '' Samuel, s. of Henry and Jemima Millar. 
Jan. 27. Jane, d. of Charles and Abigail Cornell. 
Jan. 28. Sarah, wife of Peter Loumberdie. 

" " Elizabeth, d., Phebe, d., of Peter and Sarah Loumberdie. 

" " John Whaley, adult. 

*' " Benjamin, s., Peter, s., Hester, d., Phebe, d., Deborah, d., of 

John and Mary Whaley. 
" " Jonathan, s. of John and Sarah Snififen. 

William, s., Elizabeth, d., of John and Elizabeth Barhit. 

Elizabeth, d. of Samuel and Susannah Treadwell. 

Abraham, s. of Abraham and Grace Walton of Musceto Cove. 

William, s. of Nicholas and Phebe Watts. 

Charity, d., Phebe, d., David, s., of Caleb and Margaret 

Southward. 
Sarah, d. of Richard and Sarah Thorne. 
Henry, s. of William and Sarah Treadwell. 

Samuel-George-Thomas, son of Josiah Martin, Esq., Governor 
of North Carolina, and Elizabeth Martin. Sponsors — 
Josiah Martin, Esq., Dr. Samuel Martin, Mary Martin. 



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June 23. Sarah, d. of Thomas and Rachel Van VVyck of Oisterbay. 
July 3. Sarah, wife of James Verity. 

" " Mary Smith, adult. 

" " Sarah Verity, adult. 
July 16. Anetta, j:l. of Gabriel G. and Anne Ludlow. 
July 21. William, s. of John and Ruth Gritman. 

" " Mary, d. of John and Mary Marvin. 
July 28. At Oisterbay, Elizabeth, d. of John and Sarah Hewlett. 
Aug. 4. Joseph, s. of Joseph '(deceased) and Mary Maud of Bay of Hon- 

•duras. Said Josej^h was aged about nine years. 
Aug. 20. Peggy, d. of Daniel and Peggy Kissam. 
Sep. 17. Rebecca Rhodes, adult. 

'' " Daniel Gildersleeve, adult. 

*' " Simeon, s., Stephen, s., Mary, d., David, s., Elizabeth, d., of 
Richard and Elizabeth Gildersleeve. 

" " Daniel, s. of Timothy and Rebecca Rhodes. 
Oct. 27. Elizabeth, d. of Gilbert and Abigail Van Wyck. 

" " Elijah, s. of Elijah and Dinah Wood. 
Nov. 17. Betsey, d. of William and Phebe Smith. 
Nov. 23. Phebe, d. of Philip and Abigail Thorne. 



SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE REV. JOHN MOORE, OF 

NEWTOWN. 



By Charles B. Moore. 



Continued from p. 12 of the Record. 



The next record we have of John Moore on L. I., is by a letter written 
at Hempstead, dated 25th Sept., 165 1, found in Holland, and copied with 
spelling corrected, in the second vol. of N. Y. Colonial (Holland) Docu- 
ments, p. 156, as follows : 

"The Magistrates of Heemstede to the Directors at Amsterdam. 
'• Honorable and Right Worshipful. 

" After tendering our love, humble service, and due reverence, we have taken the 
" liberty to inform your Honors that we have received your friendly and acceptable let- 
" ters dated Amsterdam, 21st March 1651, by which we learn your Honor's care, atten- 
" tion, and favor towards us ; and howbeit we do not deserve such, neither the favors 
" received nor those proferred, whereof although unworthy, yet shall we exert ourselves 
"to be and remain your Honors honest, loving and faithful friends and subjects, as 
" your Honors were pleased formerly to name and style us ; being anxious to ol)ey your 
" commands, according to the rules of righteousness, beyond which we are certain your 
" Honors will neither ask nor order. In regard to those who have been malignant or 
" malevolent towards our respected Governor and government, we hope that your Hon- 
'' ors will not include us among them, as we have not countenanced nor assisted them 
" nor their complaints or designs. And as we have found the Governor to be an hon- 
" orable upright and wise person, of courteous demeanor towards us at all times, in all 
" places, and on all required occasions, we request that we may have him to respect and 
" encourage as far as in our humble power and means lies, as your Honor's President 
" and our very dear Governor. In opposition to those who are contrarily inclined, we 
" say : ' Dieu et mon droit ; Hony soit qui mal y pense.' Evil be to him who evil 



QA Sketch of the Life of the Rev. John Moore, of Ncwtoia?i. [April, 

" thinks. Hoping that he will endeavor to patronize and protect those who are honest 
" and upright, which is a wholesome principle or fundamental, together with their hon- 
" est affairs, according to the will of God ; we cannot do less than humbly and earnestly 
" thank your Honors for bearing in mind to provide us with powder and lead ; request- 
" ing in like manner your annual supplement thereof, and we shall endeavor honestly to 
" satisfy you with such pay as we shall receive. But we cannot forego submitting to 
'• your Honors one sad grievance or hardship, which is the more painful to us because of 
" your diligence and care to prevent it, and its direful consequences, notwithstanding 
"which our grievances remain unredressed. We mean the daily and public sale to the 
" Indians of powder and lead, many men making such a practise of this trade that they 
"cannot live without this desperate traffic. Thus it is probable that those Indians will 
" in a short time be the destruction both of the Dutch and English, as such practise ren- 
'*ders them powerful and merciless; so that unless a supernatural power keep them 
"under, neither nation will be able to resist them. Moreover since our last letters to 
" your Honors, wherein we sought a reform in this matter, these Indians have been 
" guilty of various insolences; hundreds of them coming on the Island, have killed our 
" cattle and carried them off to their own plantations to feast on them. They have also 
" carried the meat to the Manhattans, and sold it there to the Dutch in place of venison. 
" They have driven out of the pasture, through the swamps, our remaining and surviv- 
" ing cattle, over our standing corn, so that we have this summer, been damaged to the 
" extent of more than a thousand guilders. 'Tis a matter of small moment in their eyes 
" to kill a good ox, merely for the horns to carry powder in. Sometimes they slay a 
" man, sometimes a woman ; plunder the houses ; purloin our guns ; pry into our affairs ; 
"endeavor to drown the people; strip the children in the fields and woods; prowl 
" abroad with masks or visors; slaughter our hogs; and when we demand satisfaction 
" challenge us to fight, boasting of their great number of men and guns. All this pro- 
" ceeds from the daily supply of powder lead and muskets or guns by the Monhaens and 
'' Dutch trade. So that if your Honors will not remedy this intolerable plague and that 
" soon — for we dread a heavier misfortune, namely, their barbarous or cruel insurrection 
" — we shall be obliged, though disinclined, to abandon our dwellings and your Honors' 
"jurisdiction. And it sorely roils our English blood that we should be slaves and raise 
" corn and cattle too, for Indian vagabonds ; that our wives should be so terrified, our 
" children ill-treated, our substance wasted and endangered, and that all this occurs 
"whilst our hands are tied, and those of our enemies are at liberty and strengthened by 
" their daily supplies and stores. We trust your Honors will seriously consider that, in 
"case we suffer wrong, the property of your own nation will therefore, in like manner 
" suffer, should this barbarous and inhuman race be encouraged and strengthened. We 
"seek the welfare and prosperity of the Dutch; but it is not to be endured that they 
" should obtain their incomes or profits in this way, to the ruin and destruction of them- 
" selves and us, and the extirpation of both our races. Wherefore the humble Petition- 
" ers pray us to request your Honors attention, with all possible expedition, to the 
" reformation of the aforesaid, if our lives are dear and precious to you, which otherwise 
" will be cut short, yea, probably before your Honors will hear again from us. Our 
" Governor would most willingly redress these grave abuses, but he finds it to be a matter 
" beyond his power, and a matter of great difficulty as the madness is so general among 
" traders. And whereas your Honors have been pleased to intimate in your letters that 
"neither the Governor nor any other person should so trade on pain of your displeasure 
" and indignation, we take the liberty to inform your Honors, inasmuch as dissatisfaction 
"may arise from misunderstanding, that we have never accused our Governor in this 
" matter ; and we do not now accuse him, but on the contrary defend him before your 
" Honors and say that we hope and believe he would redress it were it in his power, ap- 
" proving the propositions and applications of our remaining and esteemed friends, who 
" hold dear the public good. 

" We have still a further request to make, viz', that your Honors would be pleased 
" to send over some servant men, who are here as precious as gold both in regard to our 
" work and to our protection, as matters stand at present, or shall hereafter fare with us, 
" on condition that your Honors will please to order us to be provided with goods on 
" somewhat more reasonable terms, which could easily be done, and the traders still 
" make a good profit and gain ; for at present we are forced to buy supplies at excessive 
"prices elsewhere, whenever liquors are all out and consumed on the Manhattans. We 
" shall do our best to make due returns in produce, the proceeds of our servants labor, 
"viz. in corn, beef, pork and butter, tobacco, staves and such like wares in exchange 
" for such merchandise as we shall receive. 



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" We beg your Honors pardon for having so long detained you, but tliank you most 
" sincerely for all received benefits; regarding the difficulties already experienced and 
" still to be apprehended, we are necessitated to request your Honor's assistance together 
"with the reformation thereof, if it possibly be, in accordance with our request, which 
" is the cause of our writing so much. Herewith we desist from troubling your Honors 
''any further; but wishing you all honor and prosperity, and that the Father of Mercy 
" may be pleased to show mercy to you who are so good to his people. 

(Signed) " Your Honor's servants in all dutifulness and good opportunity. 

" I/ee»istede, September 25th, 1651, new style." 

(Signatures of magistrates not copied.) 

" This is a true copy, agreeing with the original, which I, yo/in Moore, Minister of 
" the church of Heevistede do attest." 

This letter was noticed by the i)resent writer in the foin-th volume of 
the Record, pp. 131, 133, etc. It was pronounced "full of historical 
'• description," and as depicting truly " the consequences of such a political 
" blunder as that in which the Dutch Governor was engaged ;" viz., arming 
the Indians, and taking sides, or preparing to do so, with the supjjorters of 
Charles II., after the conquest of Ireland, and after the battle of Dunbar, 
and hazardiiig a contest with Cromwell, then in the height of his authority 
and glory. Repeated readings of the letter only add to the opinion of its 
character and importance. Other events, such as the battle of Worcester, 
in England, on 3d September, 165 1, a few days before the date of the 
letter, greatly over-shadowed this small and remote affair. The letter, it 
seems, was written in English, to be read and forwarded by the Governor. 
This duplicate may have been copied, certified, and sent by other hands. 
Dr. Adrian Van der Donck was then at Amsterdam (i N. Y. His. Doc, 
Holland, 438). He does not mention it. It was disregarded. The 
Dutch were afterward encountered at sea, and overthrown by Cromwell. 
The Indian forays occurred as foretold by the letter. 

Another letter was written by the magistrates " of Gravesend to the 
Directors at Amsterdam, "dated 11 days earlier; 14th September, 1651 ; but 
perhaps, old style (N. Y. Col. Doc, Holland, vol., 2, p. 154). The two 
were probably written to be forwarded together. It covered some of the 
same ideas in different language but with noticeable variations ; and it pro- 
claimed other opinions. It represented the trading class connected with 
the Dutch ships, and was entirely subservient to the Governor and them in 
all their schemes. It boldly recommended " negroes or Blacks," to be pro- 
cured and sent over for sale as servants by which "your Honors will have 
" double profits ; first from what we shall pay for those negroes ; secondly 
" from the Tenths ;" meaning the yV to be allowed by the settlers to the 
Governor from the crops. But the Hempstead letter, although it mentioned 
the want of laboring servants, betrayed no knowledge of this dark notion. 
Being so much e.xposed to Indians, the writers of it could not have safely 
favored the idea, if informed of it. That letter from Gravesend uttered 
some opinions about a strong and non-elective government (favoring 
Stuyvesant and Charles II.) which the Hempstead letter did not express, 
and which probably its writers did not entertain. It suggested an exclu- 
sive trade with Holland, which was not the Hempstead plan. It was an 
oversight of Mr. Brodhead to call the letters from the two different places 
similar (i Brodhead's History, 527). The letter from the Directors at 
Amsterdam to which this (like the Hempstead one) was an answer, it 
appears, was dated 21st March, 165 1, and was banded to them by the Gov- 
ernor. The Directors' letter perhaps has not been published. It is one of 



q6 Sketch of the Life of the Rev. John Moore, of Newtown. [April, 

the missing papers. But the resolutions of the States General of that date, 
and other explanatory documents, can be read in i N. Y. Col. Doc. 435 
&c. The plan about the slave-trade appears in a publication by Mr. 
Munsell in 1867. The Gravesend letter (N. Y. Col. Doc. Vol. 2, p. 155) 
admits some co-operation, but not consultation with the Hempstead 
magistrates. It says, " we presume that your Honors are informed by our 
"neighbors of Henistede of the divers injuries and damages done them by 
" the Indians on various occasions, by slaughtering their cattle, as well as 
" those of private individuals at other places," &c., &c. " The fact is, so 
" great a quantity " (of arms) " of every sort were imported and sold to the 
" ///(^//'^r/zj- that the latter have thereby become obstinate and daring ene- 
" mies, highly dangerous to our lives and properties and difficult to toler- 
"ate," &c., &c. This Gravesend letter was signed by George Baxter and 
some others who could write, in fair English, but we know of none (ex- 
cluding the Denton's) then at Hempstead, who could have composed the 
letter of 25th Sept., 165 1, except our John Moore. The changing of the 
spelling (except " Heempstede " in one letter and " Hemstede " in the 
other) and the absence of the originals (perhaps yet accessible in Holland) 
deprive us of some means of identification ; but the long sentences, relig- 
ious style, and courtly manner betray the writer. Capt. Topping could 
help him talk about the Indians ; but could not write in that style. And 
a comparison of this letter with the Cambridge Petition of 1646 indicates 
where and how Mr. Moore had learned to write and practise to please as 
he did. The minutes of the town do not aid us as to his clerkship at 
Hempstead. In 1650 Daniel Denton, son of Rev. Mr. Denton, was town 
clerk. On i8th October, 1650, at " a full town meeting," as certified by him, 
"by order from the magistrates" it was decreed that "all persons in this 
"town shall duly resort to the public meetings on the Lord's day and 
"public days of Fasting and Thanksgiving forenoon and afternoon under 
" penalty of 5 guilders for the i^' absence, 10 for the second and 20 for the 
" 3<^." After this, fines were to follow, corporal pufiishmefit, or banish- 
'■'• ment ! 

It was not an uncommon course at that period to bring in the civil 
magistrate to force an attendance at church, especially when a part of the 
congregation strongly preferred to hear another preacher. We are simply 
informed that these violent compulsory orders to attend church could not 
be enforced in Hempstead. Daniel Denton, the previous clerk, went out 
of office and preserved no minutes of the next choice of magistrates. We 
can infer from circumstances that Capt. Thomas Topping, coming from 
Southampton (where he was in 1650), was one of those elected in 165 1 
(n6t of the Yorkshire set), who probably after his election had the order 
to attend church repealed or not enforced, and who probably pressed the 
appointment of John Moore as clerk, whom of course he knew. 

The next spring there was a town election at Hempstead, but a failure 
to comply with the Dutch Governor's rule, of having a double set of names 
sent to the Governor so that he might select and appoint such as best 
pleased him, and have their favor. 

1652, April 8. The Governor declared the election at Hempstead 
illegal, as they had not sent him a double set of names as the Patent re- 
quired, and it was further held that all they had done sifice Capt. Topping 
went away was null. Richard Gildersleeve, Mr. Coe, and Daniel White- 
head were magistrates in 1652 [Dutch MSS., XL, 53] and two of these 



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soon appeared at Newtown where they could more easily escape from 
Indians. 

It may be supposed that Mr. Moore had left his wife at Southampton 
and returned there (temporarily). On 7th Nov., 165 1, a bond at Southamp- 
ton signed by John Cooper, had for a witness "John Moore." It may 
have been witnessed at Hempstead. 

In 1652 he was at Hempstead. Mr. Armitage residing there had a son 
Manassah at the new college in Massachusetts and married a second wife. 
There was due to Mr. Armitage before this date ^100, on two bonds 
which (as he said) he intended to give to his son, so that his new wife 
should not have all, at his decease. "M', Moore and M'. Wood" (prob- 
ably Jonas Wood) "being in town" (Hempstead) a deed of gift was exe- 
cuted in their presence. A dispute occurred about this in 1659 (which 
serves to preserve a record for us), and then the wife of Jeremy Wood 
stated the date of the deed, " about seven years past." This gives us the 
date 1652. 

In April, of that year, the Directors at Amsterdam wrote to N. Y., " In 
order that you may be the more fully assured of our good intention, we do 
hereby consent that the Commonalty yonder shall have liberty to repair to 
the coast of Angola, Africa, & transport thence as many negroes as they 
will make use of for the cultivation of their lands," &c. In that year, ac- 
cording to Riker's Newtown (pp. 26, 27), leave was given by Gov. Stuy- 
vesant for a new town of Englishmen, at first called Middleburg and those 
from New England were "joined by some respectable individuals from 
" Heemstede or Hempstead," " among whou} were Robert Coe and Richard 
" Gildersleeve ; " and from Hempstead "came the proposed pastor of the 
" new settlement the Rev. John Moore, of whose previous history nothing" 
(he said) " had been learned, except that he had been the clergyman of 
'' the church at Heemstede." The summer of 1652 witnessed the first 
harvest. On 29th April, 1653, the English settlers, terrified by reports of 
Indian hostilities, sailed f^or Stamford. The war, under Cromwell, between 
English and Dutch occurred. The English generally retired from it, east- 
wardly. News of peace arrived at New York on i6th July, 1654, or be- 
fore ; and attempts at a settlement of the new town were again renewed. 

To what place or region Mr. Moore went we are not informed; but 
have the impression that he was seeking a regular ordination and that he 
went to Europe and possibly to Ireland (but perhaps to Barbadoes), and 
returned after the war was over. The death of his father-in-law (Howell) 
in 1655, might call him east on L. I., but we have seen no mark of his 
being at Southampton.* 

In 1655 and 1656 the settlers of Middleburg sought to observe publicly 
some religious worship, and in the absence of Mr. Moore, the schoolmas- 
ter Mr. Richard Mills, or some other (perhaps John Burroughs from Salem) 
read for those in attendance ; and doubtless there were prayers and sing- 
ing. Mr. Mills had been town clerk of Southampton up to 165 1. He 
sold his home lot to John Cooper, Jr., and soon removed. He appeared 
on the west end of the Island, and was arrested and imprisoned by order 
of Gov. Stuyvesant in 1653. He was at Stamford in 1654, and at different 
dates in various other towns as schoolmaster. The return of Mr. Moore 
to Newtown perhaps need not be detailed. Mr. Riker has told the story. 

* Notice Rev. Joshua Hobart's voyage to Barbadoes and of many others to England, including clergy- 
men. 



oS Notes on Books. [April, 



COMMUNICATION. 

Colonial Family of Smith. — Joshua Hett. — Joshua Hett Smith. 
By M. L. Delafield. 

Judge William Smith, born at Newport Pagnell, England, 8th October, 1697 ; 
arrived in New York, 17th August, 1715, with his father, mother, and two brothers. 
His father, Thomas, died in New Yorlv, 17th November, 1745; his mother, Susanna, 
having returned to England, on a visit, died there gth March, 1729. Judge William 
Smith was admitted to the bar, 1724, and became one of the leading lawyers of the 
province. In connection with James Alexander he defended Mr. Van Dam, and later John 
Peter Zenger, the editor, against the government. Was Attorney General, member of 
His Majesty's Council, Judge of Supreme Court, etc., etc. 

He was twice married; first, on the nth May, 1727, to Mary, daughter of Joshua 
Hett, by whom he; had fifteen children. Mrs. Smith died in N. Y., 22d August, 1754, 
and was burried in the aisle of the old South Church. His youngest child was Joshua 
Hett Smith, born 27th May, 1749, who resided on the North River near Haverstraw ; 
was engaged with Colonel Beverly Robinson in Arnold's treason. After Andre's cap- 
ture, he was put on trial^ but escaped within the British lines. 

Information is desired as to the parentage of Mrs. William Smith. Who was Joshua 
Hett, her father, and who did he marry ? It is suggested that they were of Massachusetts, 
but this lacks authority. 

What became of Joshua Hett Smith — did he marry and leave issue? Is there any 
foundation for the belief that the American authorities connived at his escape after 
Andre's execution ? 

Fieldston, February, 1880. 



NOTES ON BOOKS. 

The Archives of the Briggs Family. By Sam. Briggs, of the Historical Society, 
Cleveland, Ohio. 8vo, pp. 265. 18S0. 

The writer, it seems, sought information in every direction that he could think of, 
respecting persons of the name of Briggs, and received such a mass that he could arrange 
but a small part in order, as belonging to one family, and thereupon has published the 
substantial parts of the whole. Had the name been " Smith " or "Brown," no one, 
perhaps, would have been surprised at such a result. Going back to England for an an- 
cestral stock, he found the name came from the same source as the modern-spelt word 
"Bridge," and found it variously spelled in all the records until the iSth Century ; with 
the vowel either "u," "y," or "i;" with either one or two " g's," and generally with- 
out the" d." In the earliest forms it was "Ate-Bruge," or "' Atte-Brigge " for our 
" at the Bridge;" and in 1273, " Ate-Bruge-end " for "at the bridge end." Although 
the modern name generally has "s" for its termination, he has dropped entirely the 
English and American names of " Bridges," and excluded the "Bruges" family, which 
long maintained the peerage name of Chandos, as well as our Anglo-Dutch family of 
" Carel Ver Brugge of Cantelburg," alias Charles Bridges. And he has even by accident 
left out the old preacher, in 1702-20, Christopher Bridge, of Rye. But he has published 
an extraordinary gathering, which may greatly aid any successor of the Briggs family, 
and be useful to many others. It will show them, in how many places such information 
may be found, as well as supply its items to many in pursuit of mere traces. 

The author says in his valedictory that he never heard of the " Briggs " who had the 
ambition to undertake a similar enterprise, and that if he had any conception of the 
magnitude of the work, he should never have begun it. And after stating his various 
other active engagements, he adds " that I have been able to accomplish this work, not- 
withstanding my varied employments, is a source of great satisfaction to myself." 

We are at liberty to infer that, if other employments permit, we may hear more 
about it, ' M. 



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Notes on Books. qq 



The Descendants of Nathaniel Mowry of Rhode Island. By William A. 
Mowry, A.M. Providence: Sidney S. Rider, 1878. Svo, pp. 343. 

A Family History. Richard Mowry of Uxbridge, Mass. His Ancestors and 
Descendants. By William A. Mowry, A.M. Providence: Sidney S. Rider, 
1878. Svo, pp. 239. 

Both of these works are from the pen of William A. Mowry, A.M., of the Rhode 
Island Historical Society ; and both were published by S. S. Rider, of Providence, in 1878. 
Our Society is indebted for them to the liberality of Mr. S. W. Phoenix. They are well 
edited, and in a neat and comparatively inexpensive form. The various spelling of the 
name by the early settlers, " Mory," " Mowry,'' " Mawry," or " Moory " for the first 
syllable, and often " ey," or " ie " for the second, is explained by the author as owing to 
the little attention paid in those days to orthography, and to the fact that most of the 
documents preserved are copies, and we have only the spelling of the clerk. Many ori- 
ginal documents preserved, compared with the public records, show the liberties taken 
with orthography by those unskilled and often poorly paid officials. There is, however, 
a marked improvement in the spelling where the copies are taken from plain and well 
written originals instead of the strangely written, or from the mere sound by the ear. 
Comparing all these, an expert attentive to provincialisms will forma pretty sure opinion 
of the proper name to be printed. Some of the old signatures and old documents are 
preserved, and from them descendants have generally taken the name " Mowry." At 
Salem, Mass , the earliest records seem to be generally "Maury" and "Mory." The 
oldest person of the name " Roger " was at Salem, when Roger Williams was there, and 
followed him to Rhode Island ; and it is now left uncertain whether he was the father or 
the elder brother of the others. Genealogists incline to the opinion that he was the 
father, and will disregard the disparaging course of the Salem " painters" affecting per- 
sons of opposite religions and political parties, because religion mixed with politics only 
makes parties more inveterate and more cautious to report nothing favorable to opponents, 
and nothing unfavorable to friends. 

The books are a valuable contribution to history, and may aid the idea that genealogy 
is as instructive when it describes the lowly or oppressed, and develops "good blood" 
capable of improvement, as when it paints the rich or powerful, who may rise rapidly, 
but as rapidly sink to insignificance or crime. M. 



Farwell Ancestral Memorial. Henry Farwell and his descendants ; with 

branches of other Farwell families and their descendants. By David Parsons' 

Holton, M.D., A.M., and Frances K. '^ (Forward) Holton. New York, D. P. ' 
Holton, M.D., publisher. 1879. I'P- 206. 

This book has been laid aside with the'design of giving it a careful and extended review. 
Courage and strength have failed. The known characteristics of the writer, " his pas- 
sionate fondness for science," his active mind and energetic action, have rendered it less 
necessary. The copy presented to our society contains an account of some English Far- 
well families, and besides the text of the memorial, and its numerous charts and explana- 
tions, it contams an enlarged list of abbreviations, a suplemental index of places and 
things, a genealogical query about Col. Thomas Winslow, of Ireland, reported died in 
1766, aged 146; a chart of other Winslows in Ireland; a brief essay on Chronology, 
and Calendar, with other items ; and (what may be as interesting as any part) the per- 
sonal reminiscences of Dr. Holton, read before the Society in 1S74. In short, the book 
contains a great deal of information, spread over, or gathered from a wide space of time 
and place, and much of it condensed and valuable. It is not easy to tell what the infor- 
mation is without copying it, which would be unfair. The authors test some genealogi- 
cal rules to get the average ; and in various forms not only record and proclaim facts, 
but develop ideas equally useful to others. All this, we can safely say, without being 
charged with partiality, not naming a person either with praise or blame among the 
many named in the work, but in history, botany, economy, politics, or any science, 
uniting to extend a knowledge of it. ' M. 



lOO Notes on Books. [April, 1880. 



The Williams Family ; tracing the Descendants of Thomas Williams, of Roxbury, 
Mass. ; compiled by George Huntington Williams (of Utica, N. Y.), with a Preface 
by Prof. S. Wells Williams, LL.D. (late Charge d'Affairs in China). Boston, 
Printed for private distribution. 1880. " With a hope of stimulating " * * "ef- 
forts of a similar character." 

This tract, reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register 
for January, 1880, particularly relates to the branch of this ancient family, which has 
grown up in this State. The hope expressed, we have enlarged in meaning, so as not to 
cofine it to the branches of any one tree, but extend it as widely, as the travels and 
studies of the principal writer, who has favored us with the preface. m. 

Bartow Genealogy. Containing every one of the Name of Bartow and other Descend- 
ants of Doctor Thomas Bartow, who was living at Crediton, in England, A. D. 
1672. By Rev. Evelyn Bartow, A.M. Supplement. Baltimore, 1879. Svo. 
Pp. 217 to 318. 

In the April number of 1878 of the Record was briefly noticed the first part of the 
Bartow Genealogy. In the part before us additional documentary evidence from parish 
registers, visitations, wills, family bibles, etc., has been adduced bearing upon the patro- 
nymic branches of the family ; and also upon the collateral branches in the female line. 
We have here notices of the families of Reid, Pell, Stevenson, Jennings, Pierrepont, 
White, Renaudet, Hooglandt, and Barto. The part closes with two Indexes, one of 
Christian names, and one of sur-names — both these indexes include also the names that 
occur in the main work published in 1878. P. 



Genealogy of that Branch of the Russel Family which comprises the 

Descendants OF John Russell, of Woburn, Massachusetts, 1640-1S78. By John 

Russell Bartlett. Providence. Privately printed. 1879. Royal Svo. Pp. 212. 

The fact that this volume is marked " Privately Printed," forbids an extended notice. 

We cannot, however, refrain from saying that its contents evidences the painstaking care 

which characterizes all the writings of the distinguished author and bibliographer of 

Rhode Island. Beside the names of those bearing the name of Russell — descendants of 

John Russell, senior, of Woburn, Mass., who was a subscriber to the town orders drawn 

up for it at Charlestown, in 1640, we have very full and satisfactory accounts of the 

Drowne branch of the Russell family, the Bartlett branch, the Cooke branch, and also a 

partial account of the Brown and Van Vliet families. There is also a sketch of the Rev. 

John Russell, of Hadley, Mass., and his descendants. Two well prepared indexes close 

the volume. The illustrations are exceedingly well executed by the artotype or Bierstadt 

process. p. 

The History of Redding, Conn., from its first Settlement to the Present Time. 
With Notes [Genealogical] on the Adams, Banks, Barlow, Bartlett, Bartram, 
Bates, Benedict, Betts, Burritt, Burton, Chatfield, Couch, Darling, Fairchild, 
Foster, Gold, Gorham, Gray, Griffin, Hall, Hawley, Hill, Heron, Hull, Jackson, 
Lee, Lyon, Lord, Mallory, Meade, Rogers, Rumsey, Sanford, Smith and Snow 
Families. By Charles Burr Todd, New York : 1880. 8vo. Pp.248. With 
portrait of Joel Barlow. 

The town of Redding, Conn., as now constituted, was originally included in the pur- 
chase made by the proprietors of Fairfield, Conn., in 1639. As an independent town it 
dates from 1767. As the birthplace of the author of " The Columbiad " it holds an im- 
portant historic position among the places of interest in the State. The materials for 
the work have been drawn largely from ancient records of the town and i)arish, from the 
records of the Colony, and from the files of musty papers in the State Library at Hart- 
ford, Conn. The author has performed a praiseworthy task in preparing this history of 
his native town. The typographical execution of the volume is excellent. 



THE NEW YORK 



Vol. XI. NEW YORK, JULY, 1880. No. 3. 



COMMODORE HULL AND THE CONSTLrUTION. 

The Anniversary Address before the New York Genealogical and 
Biographical Society, February 27, 1880. 



By James Grant Wilson. 



A4R. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: 

In the course of one of my last conversations with the late Admiral of 
our Navy, he said, while speaking of the naval heroes of the war of 1812, 
" Isaac Hull was as able a seaman as ever sailed a ship, li I have done 
the countryany service afloat, it is in no small degree owing to the ambi- 
tion and enthusiasm he created in me when I M'as a youngster by his fair 
fight with, and capture of, an English frigate. I always," added the ad- 
miral, "envied Hull that piece of good luck." The Commander, that the 
famous Farragut could, after his great achievements at New Orleans and 
Mobile, And it in his heart to envy, possessed many of the traits that char- 
acterized our illustrious American Admiral. He was not, at least in early 
life, unlike him in person, he possessed the same pleasing and unaffected 
manners, the same modesty and magnanimity, the same daring and daunt- 
less courage, and the same spotless reputation in all the various relations 
of life. 

The name of Hull is of English origin. Including the present Com. 
Joseph B. Hull, the family can be traced through eight generations, and, as 
has been said of that of Washington, its history gives proof "of the lineal 
and enduring worth of race." Five persons of the name who are believed to 
have brothers were living in New England within a score of years of that 
stormy day in December, when the May Flower landed her precious 
cargo of pilgrims on Plymouth Rock. Previous to 1638 they had been ad- 
mitted freemen by the General Court of Massachusetts. From these ^ 
sturdy sons of John Hull of London, are descended all, or nearly all, of 
the name now living in this country. One of these brothers was captain 
of an artillery company ; another was, as early as 1634, Representative to 
the General Court; from a third the town of Hull received its name ; 



I02 



Commodore Hull afid the Constitution. U^^^Y- 



while the son of another, who, when Massachusetts Bay assumed the pre- 
rogative of coining money, was her treasurer and master of the mint, 
amassing, for that primitive period, a large fortune in the office before 
Charles II. put a stop to that infringement of his royalties, married Judith 
Quincy, daughter of Edmund Quincy, the first of the honored name to ap- 
pear in the New World. There is an association with the name of this fair 
lady which I fear may not commend itself to the blessings of some of this 
audience who are accustomed to pass between Boston and New York, by 
way of Long Island Sound ; for John Hull owned real estate in the Nar- 
ragansett country, and in conferring Christian names to those savage 
places, he gave that of his wife to a promontory of ill-repute, which to this 
day is known as Point Judith — a terror to travellers who, like the classic 
Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B. — 

" When the breezes blow — generally go below." 

The daughter of John and Judith Hull was, in the year 1676, married 
to Samuel Sewall, afterwards Chief Justice, whose quaint and curious diary 
has just been published, and is almost as interesting as that of another 
Samuel, who was his contemporary — the immortal Pepys, prince of diarists. 
The mint-master gave his daughter, as dowry, her weight in silver. The 
tradition is that he seated the fair Hannah on a scale, and, in the presence 
of the wedding guests, honestly and fairly balanced her with freshly-coined 
pine-tree shillings. From this marriage has sprung the eminent family of 
Sewall, which has given one chief justice to Canada, and three to Massa- 
chusetts. 

The remaining one of the five Hulls, named Richard, in the year 1639, 
removed from Massachusetts and settled at New Haven. His son, known 
as Dr. John Hull, established himself in the neighboring town of Derby, 
and was for many years its representative in the General Assembly. After- 
wards he went to Wallingford, where he owned a mile square of land, prob- 
ably granted to him for services rendered as surgeon in King Philips' war. 
From him are descended General William Hull, and the hero who, with 
the frigate Constitution, in which he broke the charm of British invincibility 
on the sea "whose slaughter breathing 'brass grew hot, and spoke her 
name among the nations of the earth," is the subject of this paper. 

Isaac, the eldest of seven sons of Joseph and Sarah Hull, was born at 
Derby, March 9, 1775, early enough to hear the echoes of the guns fired 
at Lexington and Concord. His father entered the army as Lieut, of 
Artillery, and was made prisoner at the capture of Fort Washington. After 
his exchange in 1778 he was placed in command of a flotilla on Long 
Island Sound, and did some good sea service for his country. He was a 
second time captured by the enemy, and was one of the unhappy patriots 
who suffered martyrdom in a Jersey prison-ship. Isaac as a child was on 
one occasion out in a boat, when a squall came up suddenly, accompanied 
by thunder, hghtning, and heavy rain. While the other children cried with 
fright, our little hero laughed and clapped his hands, an incident remind- 
ing us of Gray's lines in the " Progress of Poesy :" 

" the dauntless child 

Stretched forth his little arms, and smiled." 



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" Fear, grandmother ? " said the hero of Trafalgar, when seven summers 
old, " fear, grandmother ? I never saw fear ! " Isaac Hull, at the same age, 
might have indulged in similar childish prattle. He certainly lived the 
words of Lord Nelson. His father being dead, he was at an early age 
adopted by his uncle, General Hull, who wished to educate him with a view 
to his entering Yale College, where he himself was graduated, in 1772, but 
the boy's unconquerable passion for the sea made him an unwilling and a 
somewhat unsuccessful student ; and so we find him at fourteen, following 
the natural bent of his genius and choosing the sea for his field of action. 
He entered the merchant service, beginning, in accordance with the custom 
of that time, as a cabin-boy, on a ship belonging to one of Gen. Hull's 
friends. The vessel was afterwards wrecked, and the captain was saved by 
the brave young sailor of sixteen. Before he was twenty-one years of age, 
he was commander of a ship that sailed to the West Indies. He was in this 
position at the first establishment of the American navy, and so great was 
the reputation which he had already acquired as a skilful seaman, that he 
entered the service as fourth lieutenant, his commission being dated March 
9, 1798, his twenty-third birthday. Hull saw his first service in our infant 
navy, under Com. Samuel Nicholson, commanding the Constitution. Two 
years later, while still serving on board the Constitution, then the flagship 
of Com. Talbot, the latter accepted a challenge from the captain of an 
English frigate to engage in a day's trial of speed. Hull, already advanced 
to the grade of Firs! Lieutenant, sailed "Old Ironsides," and the admirable 
manner in which he did it was long the subject of eulogy. All hands were 
kept on deck during the entire day, and, just as the slin disappeared, the 
Constitution fired her evening gun, the signal that the sailing match was 
ended. In the race the English frigate was beaten several miles, and her 
boastful captain lost his cask of wine. The manner in which " Old Iron- 
sides" was handled was entirely due to Hull, whose skill in sailing a ship 
under canvas was ever remarkable. In this particular he was perhaps the 
most efficient officer of the American navy, as he certainly had no superior 
for coolness in the hour of danger. 

During the same cruise, Hull manned .from the crew of the Constitution 
a small vessel called the Sally ; ran into Port Platte, Hayti, at noonday ; 
boarded and captured a French letter-of-marque known as the Sandwich,- 
while the marines landed and spiked the guns of the battery before the com- 
manding ofiicer could prepare for defence. Taken altogether, it w.is one 
of the best executed enterprises of its character in our naval annals. On 
the i8th May, 1804, Lieut. Hull was promoted to the rank of Master-Com- 
manding, and assigned to the brig Argus, which vessel participated in sev- 
eral gallant actions at Tripoli and elsewhere, in the war against the Barbary 
States, the American squadron being commahded by Com. Edward Preble. 
Two years later, Hull was made a full captain, and before hostilities began 
between the United States and England, he was in command of the Con- 
stitution in which he was ordered to Europe, to carry specie for the pay- 
ment of the interest on the debt due to Holland. Having dispatched his 
business with that government, Hull proceeded to Portsmouth where he 
remained several days that he might communicate with the American charge 
d affaires, then accredited to the court of St. James. There having been 
some difficulty while in port about deserters, and two English ships having 
anchored alongside, the Constitution changed her position for another, to 
which she was followed by one of the frigates. Capt. Hull, not intending 



J04 Commodore Hull and the Constitution. [J"^y> 

to be caught unprepared like Com. Barron in the Chesapeake, ordered the 
ship cleared for action. The lanterns were lighted fore and aft, and the 
men went to quarters by beat of drum. Cooper remarks, " It is not easy 
to portray the enthusiasm that existed in this noble ship, every officer and 
man on board believing that the affair of the Chesapeake was to be repeated, 
so far, at least, as the assault was concerned. The manner in which the 
crew took hold of the gun-tackles has been described as if they were about 
to jerk the guns through the ship's sides. An officer who was passing through 
the batteries observed to the men, that if there was an occasion to fight* 
it would be in their quarrel, and that he expected good service from them, 
" Let the quarter-deck look out for the colors," was the answer, '' and we 
will look out for the guns." In short, it was not possible for a ship's com- 
pany to be in better humor to defend the honor of the flag, when the drum 
beat the retreat, and the boatswain piped the people to the capstan-bars." 
The day succeeding the night on which the ship sailed for France several 
men-of-war were seen in chase. The Constitution outsailed all the ships 
save one. After leading her a- long distance ahead of the others, Capt. 
Hull hove to, beat to quarters, and waited to learn the Englishman's busi- 
ness, remarking to a lieutenant : " If .that fellow wants to fight, we won't 
disappoint him." The frigate came close to the Constitution, but no hos- 
tilities were offered, and old Ironsides proceeded on her way to Cherbourg. 
Hull's hour of glory and fame had not yet come. 

Five days after tardy justice was rendered to American honor by the 
return of two seamen taken by the Leopard from the deck of the unfortu- 
nate frigate Chesapeake, in 1807, war with Great Britain was declared. I 
should perhaps pause and say a word in reference to the various outrages 
on our flag- which led to the war, and to the timid policy as regards our 
navy, pursued by Mr. Madison's administration, but, as the chorus to Henry / 
the Fifth very sensibly remarks, " Time, numbers, and due course of things 
cannot be here presented." At the commencement of hostilities, three-score 
and eight years ago, we had, in addition to seven frigates, only some fifteen 
sloops of war and smaller vessels lying in the naval dock yards, with which 
to cope with England's 1060 sail, eight hundred of which, according to 
Steel's list of the Royal Navy.for 1811-12, were in commission and ranging 
■from cutters carrying four guns up to the line-of-battle ships carrying 120. 
Against such overwhelming odds did the conflict begin, and so little confi- 
dence had the administration in the ability of our vessels to meet the British 
ships, that, but for the spirited protest of Stewart and Bainbridge, they 
would have been kept in port to prevent their capture ! The English press 
ridiculed the American navy as consisting of a (qw Jir-built frigates flying 
at their mast-heads a piece of striped bunting which Britannia would soon 
sweep from the seas ; but a much better judge of such matters — the re- 
nowned Nelson — after "critically watching the seamanship of Commodore 
Dale's squadron, said that there was in the handling of those trans-Atlantic 
ships a nucleus of trouble for the navy of Great Britain, The various apol- 
ogies for England's naval defeats which soon followed the declaration of 
war, June 18, 1812, what were they but verifications of her great admiral's 
predictions ? When, in 1803, Louisiana was sold to the United States by 
Napoleon, he prophetically said, in the bitterness of his thwarted ambition, 
" 1 have given to England a maritime rival that will sooner or later humble 
her pride." 

On her returri the .Constitution went into the Chesaj^eake, was cleaned 



i88o.] Commodore Hull and the Constitution. iqc 

and newly coppered, and, shipping a new crew, she proceeded to sea under 
orders to join Com. Rodger's squadron at New York. " You are not," con- 
tinues his orders, "voluntarily to encounter a force superior to your own." 
I should hesitate to believe that an American secretary of the navy could 
issue such cowardly instructions, did I not possess tiie original order. July 
19th, when five days out and under easy canvas, Hull came in sight of 
four sail and soon after a fifth, which proved to be an English fleet under 
Commodore Broke, cruising off Sandy Hook. The enemy inmiediately gave 
chase, and the sea being smooth, with light and baffling winds, and being on 
soundings, Capt. Hull resorted to the rare expedient of kedging, by means 
of a series of long cables and the use of his boats. For a time this marvel- 
lous movement of the American frigate through the water was undiscovered 
by the English, who were not slow to imitate the experiment. At every 
"cat's paw" the Constitution struggled for the weather gage, so as to keep 
her pursuers astern and to the leeward. Sails were wet down fore and aft, 
braces kept in hand to whip the boats up without delay, some of her water 
pumped out to lighten her, and, in short, everything that the ablest seaman- 
ship could devise was done to save the frigate. For three days and three 
nights the chase was continued, the crew of the Constitution exhibiting ex- 
traordinary endurance and spirit, till, finally, a heavy squall came up, and 
as it approached our ship, her sails were clewed up and clewed down almost 
instantaneousl}', and when the weight of the wind was received, she sheeted 
home, sQt all sail, and was flying before the breeze. Within half an hour 
of the time when the English were lost to sight, the Constitution was in 
chase of a vessel which, however, proved to be an American. The English 
themselves expressed admiration for the manner in which Hull escaped from 
their squadron. Their astonishment was as great as when, some two score 
years later, the yacht America ran away from the best yachts of the British 
Islands in the memorable contest for the queen's cup, which no Englishman 
has since succeeded in carrying back to the " fast-anchored isle." The es- 
cape of the Constitution was certainly as unexpected by them as was the 
result of the yacht race of 1852, for we learn from the testimony of the cap- 
tain of a merchant vessel, at the time of the chase a prisoner on board the 
Shannon, that a prize crew were actually selected by Com. Broke to con- 
duct her in triumph to Halifax! 

The praises bestowed on Capt. Hull for saving his ship induced him, 
soon after her arrival at Boston, to publish a modest and magnanimous card 
in which he gave a large portion of the credit to the officers and crew. His 
official letter addressed to the secretary of the navy was equally magnani- 
mous, and has all the interest of a romance. 

Daily expecting orders from Washington which never came, and in)pa- 
tient to measure strength with the enemy, particularly with the Guerriere, 
whose captain had indulged in contemptuous comments on the American 
navy, Hull decided to go on a cruise. It is now known that he was to have 
been superseded by Bainbridge who ranked him, and that his instructions 
closed with these words : " Remain in Boston until further orders'^ 
Luckily our hero did not receive this letter until he returned from his vic- 
torious cruise. Hull put to sea on the second of August, and, said the late 
Admiral Bell, had the Constitution been captured, he would have been 
hanged or shot for sailing without orders ! After cruising to the north and 
east for a fortnight without making any important captures, the Constitution 
came in sight of a strange sail on Wednesday afternoon, August 19th, and 



Io6 Commodore Hull and the Constitution. [J^^^y* 

immediately gave chase. Before five o'clock the stranger was known to be 
a British frigate, and Hull, with his colors flying, his ship cleared for action, 
and his crew at the guns, all double shotted, that is, with one round shot 
and a canister of grape, bore down on the enemy with the determination 
of making the affair short, sharp, and decisive. Hull believed and acted 
on Nelson's maxim that "The captain cannot be far wrong that lays his 
ship alongside the enemy." When the frigates were within long gunshot, 
the Englishman commenced firing, first the guns of one side, he would then 
wear ship and discharge those of the other. This compelled the Constitu- 
tion, in nautical language, to "yaw," or change her course, to prevent be- 
ing raked. She fired but three bow guns in approaching, while the enemy 
kept up a steady discharge of broadsides. It was now six o'clock, the ships 
were within a few hundi^ed yards of each other, several of the Constitution's 
crew had been killed and wounded, and all on board were so impatient to 
open on the enemy, that only their perfect discipline could restrain them. 
I^ieut. Morris three times asked permission to open fire, but each time was 
told " Not yet, sir." At length, Hull sent forth the mandate, and when 
within less than fifty yards of the Guerriere, the Constitution fired her first 
broadside, following in quick succession with others, equally well-directed 
and destructive to the enemy, whose mizzen-mast soon fell over the star- 
board quarter, Hull coolly remarking, "We've made a brig of that British 
craft." In thirty minutes after the Constitution fired her broadside, the 
Englishman's fore and main-mast went by the board, and the flag that had 
been flying on the stump of the mizzen-mast soon after came down. The 
prize proved to be the very ship that Hull was looking for, whose com- 
mander had three days previously made the following entry on the register 
of an American vessel bound for New York : " Com. Dacres, Commander 
of his Britannic Majesty's frigate Guerriere, of 44 guns, presents his compli- 
ments to Com. Rodgers, of the United States frigate, President, and will 
be happy to meet him, or any other frigate of equal force to the President, 
off Sandy Hook, for the purpose of having a few minutes iete-d-tete." 

Admiral Farragiit told me an amusing incident of this sea-fight. He said 
" Hull was short like myself, and what a Yankee would call chunky. When 
approaching the enemy he stood on an ammunition box which chanced to 
be on the quarter-deck, that he might have a better view. The shot came 
thick and fast, several of his men had been badly wounded, and a ball passed 
within a few inches of his head, when he jumped down, and leaning over in 
the excitement of the moment and in emphasizing his order to give the 
Englishman a broadside, he burst his very tight knee-breeches in the rear, 
being, as I have said, a fat little fellow. It was, however, no time for chang- 
ing breeches, as Lincoln told us in his story about swopping horses, and not 
even the fierceness of the action prevented an occasional smile among his 
crew as they saw Hull moving about in his damaged attire." The Guer- 
riere was too badly injured to be taken into port, so, after the prisoners and 
their effects were removed, she was on the following day set on fire and 
blown up. 

Hull and Dacres had met before the war and had some conversation in 
regard to the merits of their respective navies. Professional pride opera- 
ting on both, led them from generalities to particulars, and at last to speak 
of what would happen if, in the event of war, their ships, the Constitution 
and Guerriere, should come into collision. Hull, who was lively and good- 
humore4, laughingly said to the English captain : " Take care of that ship of 



i88o.] Commodore Hull and the Cotisiitiition. I07 

yours, if ever I catch her in the Constitution." Dacres laughed in return, and 
offered a handsome wager that, if ever they did meet as antagonists, his 
friend would find out his mistake. Hull refused to bet money, but said he 
would wager on the issue — a hat. As Dacres, who was wounded in the 
action I have described, came up the side of the Constitution, the kind- 
hearted Hull said, as if addressing a shipmate : " Dacres, give me your 
hand, I know you are hurt," and when the captain offered his sword, Hull 
added : " No, no, I will not take a sword from one who knows so well how 
to use it — but — I'll trouble you for that hat /" * 

Our hero afterwards asked Dacres if there was anything in particular on 
board the Guerriere which he wished to preserve. On his expressing a de- 
sire to save a large Bible, the gift of his mother, Hull sent an ofiiicer for 
it. Many years later our hero met Dacres, then an admiral, and in com- 
mand of a squadron anchored off Gibraltar. He expressed the greatest 
pleasure at meeting the Commodore, and was constant in his courtesies 
and attentions. At a dinner given on board his flag-ship, he showed Mrs. 
Hull the treasured Bible which her husband had saved. Dacres was deeply 
touched by Hull's humane and generous treatment of himself and his crew, 
and in his official report alluded to it in these words : " I feel it my duty 
to state that the conduct of Captain Hull and his officers to our men has 
been that of a brave enemy, the. greatest care being taken to prevent our 
men losing the smallest trifle, and the greatest attention being paid to the 
wounded." 

In the recently-issued Italian reminiscences of Mr. Freeman, an Ameri- 
can artist, who was for many years a resident of Rome, appears the follow- 
ing passage : " In the winter of 1837," says the painter, " there were but a 
small number of Americans here ; among them was Commodore Hull, and 
at the same time, by a curious combination, also his old antagonist, Dacres, 
the commander of the Guerriere. They were seen frequently walking 
arm-in-arm about the Eternal city, the best of friends and companions, and 
we used to call them light and shadow. Commodore Hull being pre- 
posterously bulky, and his companion notably thin and bony. The victori- 
ous captain of the Constitution sat to Crawford for his bust, one of the 
earliest efforts of his professional career. One day, after he had finished 
his sitting with the old hero, I met the embryo sculptor at the Lepre, where 
we usually went for our dinners. " Well, my boy," I said, " how did you 
get on to-day with your sitter ? " 

"He was in a very jocose humor, and remarkably amusing," Crawford 
replied. "As I was working with my modeling-tool about his eyes, he 
cried out as if he was hurt, 'I say, Signor Tommaso, don't poke that stick 
into my peepers in that way, I can't stand it ! Softly, my lad, softly ! '" 

^ The Guerriere was one of the finest frigates in the British navy : a fact 
which is certified to in a letter to Lord Keith from Captain Thomas Lavie, 
of the frigate Blanche— in which ship, on July 19, 1806, off the Faroe 
Islands, he captured her. She was of the largest class of frigates, mount- 
ing fifty guns with a complement of 317 men. After her capture the organs 
of British opinion vainly endeavored to detract from the victory by dispar- 
aging the very ship which they had previously praised as able to drive '• the 
insolent striped bunting from the seas," while the Constitution, then desig- 
nated as " a bundle of pine boards," was called " one of the stanchest ves- 



* Symington's Life of Samuel Lover, Harper & Brothers, 1880. 



Io8 Commodore Hull and the Constitution. [Ji^^y> 

sels " afloat. The American ship, which was so slightly injured in her hull 
that she then won the designation of " Ironsides,' ' lost seven killed and seven 
wounded, while the enemy had seventy-nine killed and wounded. No com- 
missioned officer of either frigate lives to tell the story of the famous en- 
counter, and, so far as known, Stephen W. West of Staten Island, who died 
in 1876, at the age of eighty-two, was the last survivor of the conflict.* 

As the Constitution was encumbered with prison6rs,'.it was deemed ne- 
cessary by her commander to return to port. On her arrival at Boston the 
ship and all on board were welcomed with the wildest enthusiasui, and the 
captain was carried in triumph to his hotel, amidst the acclamations of 
thousands. A grand banquet was given in Faneuil Hall to Hull and his 
officers, at which the venerable John Adams was present. Many of tlfe 
State Legislatures voted him a sword with their thanks ; the freedom of 
several cities were presented each in a gold box. New York ordered a 
full length portrait by John Wesley Jarvis, the best American artist at that 
time, Stuart only excepted. Congress gave him a gold medal, and voted 
the sum of fifty thousand dollars to be distributed as prize money among 
the officers and crew of the Constitution, whose example "was highly 
honorable to the American character and instructive to our rising navy." 

The whole country was electrified by the news that an English frigate, 
in a fight with an American, had been beaten and captured ; that the flag, 
which had destroyed the navies of France, Holland, and Spain, had fallen 
before the stars and stripes. At this day it is difficult to describe the ef- 
fect on both sides of the Atlantic of Hull's victory. "I can only compare 
our rejoicings to those caused by the glorious news from Gettysburgh and 
from Grant at Vicksburgh," remarked a venerable man who distinctly re- 
called both periods, and who lately passed away at the great age of 92. f 
In Great Britain the event created the most profound sensation, and was 
properly viewed as a damaging blow to Britain's boasted supremacy of the 
seas. " How is it," asked a British admiral of one of our captains, 
" that you have captured so many of our ships, half your men being En- 
glish ? " " Because," was the prompt reply, " the other half are Ameri- 
cans." 

Isaac Hull having within a single month performed two handsome ex- 
ploits, gave up the command of the Constitution with a magnanimous 
feeling that was highly creditable to him. There were unfortunately fewer 
frigates than captains in our navy, and he wished to give other commanders 
an equal chance to win renown. Bainbridge, it will be remembered, had been 
ordered to old Ironsides before she sailed on her victorious cruise, and he 
accordingly relieved Hull from command. It is not to be supposed, how- 
ever, that our hero would not have been permitted to retain the ship had 
he asked for her. 

It is perhaps idle at this day to indulge in speculations as to what Isaac 
Hull might have achieved had he been kept in command of the Constitu- 
tion, or some other frigate. His perfect acquaintance with his professional 
duties, the admiration and confidence his crew always displayed, and his 
rule of life in which the Hebrew King summed up his experience, " What- 

* Com. John Marston, of Massachusetts, who entered the United States navy in i8r3, in sending me 
some pat^ticulars of the famous engagement, remarks : " I have always looked on the fight between the 
Constitution and Guerriere as the most irnportant event in the history of our navy, glorious as some other 
events have been to us." 

t Judge Elbert Herring, of New York, who died Feb. uary, 1876. The Hon. Charles P. Clinch, also of 
this city, corroborates this statement. 



i88o.] Commodore Hull and the Constitution. jOg 

ever thy hand tindeth to do, do it with all thy miglu," all combined to form 
a commander to be dreaded by an enemy. Another characteristic of the 
commodore was his antipathy to idleness. In one of his letters in my pos- 
session, written from Washington in 1834, to a nephew, he says, <' You do 
not tell me what you are about. I hope you find constant employment, 
for be assured that idleness mill soon bring any man to ruin." 

Elisha Hart, son of the old minister of Saybrook, Conn., and brother 
of Gen. William Ha^ a soldier of the Revolution, had seven daughters, 
all celebrated beauties. One of these seven captivated our hero some 
years before the war, but haughtily refused his heart and hand when 
offered. Time passed on, the modest young lieutenant was promoted to 
the rank of captain, and had won enduring fame by his great victory, when 
the fair lady said to a friend, " What a delightful thing it must be to 
be the wife of a hero ! " This remark, as she doubtless intended, was re- 
peated to Hull, who had remained faithful to his first love. Like Othello, 
he acted on the hint, and in 1813 the beautiful Ann M. Hart became 
Mrs. Isaac Hull, I have seen her portrait by Stuart. It would be diffi- 
cult to meet with a lovelier face or figure. She survived her gallant hus- 
band for more than thirty years, and now sleeps by his side. The Hart 
mansion, one of the pleasantest old houses in Saybrook, charmingly draped 
by the foliage of gigantic elms, was for several years a favorite residence 
of the commodore and his beautiful wife. 

Time will not permit me to do more than very briefly outline Hull's 
subsequent career, in which he faithfully served his country, as captain and 
commodore, afloat and ashore thirty-seven years. He was for a long 
period a member of the Naval Board ; was in command of the Boston and 
Washington Navy Yards, and commanded squadrons in the Pacific and in 
the Mediterranean. His last sea service was m the ship of the line Ohio, 
during the years i'S39, 40, and 41. Soon after his return from the com- 
mand of the European squadron, the commodore purchased a commodious 
residence on Spruce St., Philadelphia: There he collected together all his 
scattered household articles and trophies — there he hospitably entertained 
old friends and new, and sometimes, but very rarely, for it was not his 
habit to allude to his own deeds, he, like Goldsmith's soldier, 

" Shoulder'd his crutch, and showed how fields were won." 

)• 
During the winter of 1S42 he was- seized with the sickness which ter- 
minated his honorable career. He retained the full use of his mental 
faculties to the end, which came on Monday, the 13th day of February, 
1843, his last words being, " I strike my flag." Hull had set his house in 
order, and had purchased the lot in Laurel Hill Cemetery, where his remains 
now rest under a beautiful altar tomb of Italian marble, a copy of one to 
be seen in Rome, chastely ornamented and surmounted by an American 
Eagle in the attitude of defending the National flag. The inscription is 
brief and beautiful : "In affectionate devotion to the private virtues of 
Isaac Hull, his widow has erected this monutnent." The brave old commo- 
dore always wore his uniform, and in that he was buried. All the rough 
service he had seen and the hardships he had passed did not prevent his 
reaching a good old age, and he possessed that which should accompany 
it, not only honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, but the memory of 



I lO Commodore Hull and the Constitution. [July, 

good and gallant deeds performed for that land of which he was always so 
proud. 

I have thus, ladies and gentlemen, attempted to tell the truthful story 
of the career of an American naval commander, believing with Southey 
that the best eulogy of a hero is the faithful history of his actions ; and the 
best history must be that which shall relate them most perspicuously. 
The biographer of Bainbridge collected material for a memoir of Hull, but 
did not live to complete it, and why the work has never been taken up by 
another hand, I am at a loss to know. It is a debt which is certainly due 
to his memory — Liteger intae scelerisqtie pwns — one on whom Nature laid, 
in the kindly phrase of Wordsworth, " the strong hand of her purity." Un- 
like the illustrious French soldier of whom Madame de Remusat says, 
"The immortality of his name seemed to him much more important than 
that of his soul," Hull was a devout Christian, who served his country and 
his God with equal fidelity. If the remark of Dr. Johnson be true that 
" there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and authentic narrative 
would not be useful," it is believed that the story of the career of Isaac 
Hull could not fail to interest all classes of his countrymen. There can 
be no doubt that it is the tendency of the age to go to antiquity for heroic 
examples, and though antiquity certainly furnishes us with many of the 
most admirable that we could desire, yet it is just as well to remember 
with Milton, 

" To know 
That which about us lies in daily life, 
Is the prime wisdom," 

and that for the young men of this day and generation, the best models 
obtainable are those which are not so far removed as to be almost beyond 
the pale of their sympathy. 

May I, ladies and gentlemen, trespass on your time and attention 
for a few moments more ? I wish to say a word concerning the Constitu- 
tion, whose flag 

" Has braved a hundred years, the battle and the breeze." 

She was built at Hartly's shipyard in Boston, and was constructed under a 
law that was approved by Washington, as President, in 1794. Her frame 
is of live oak, and her planks were bent in without steam, as it was thought 
that process softened and weakened the wood. Her builder had six beau- 
tiful daughters for whom he had sent to England for six red cloth cloaks. 
While the Constitution was building, a quantity of this particular kind of 
cloth was wanted for the ship, and, as none could be procured at the time 
in Boston, the young ladies gave up their handsome cloaks and they were 
cut into strips, and used in caulking the Constitution. She was launched 
in October, 1797, and was put in commission the following year, her first 
commander being Captain Samuel Nicholson, the second in rank among 
the six captains appointed by the law of 1794, who had superintended her 
construction, and who was a lieutenant under Paul Jones in his gallant sea 
fight with the Serapis. His equally gallant grandson, who followed Farra- 
gut in the Mobile fight, is now in command of the Brooklyn navy yard. 
The Constitution has always been well commanded. To mention her offi- 



i88o.J Commodore Hull arid the Constitution. Ill 

cers is to enumerate nearly all the heroic names in our early naval annals. 
Edward Preble, styled " the father of our navy ; " John Rodgers, Chaun- 
cey, Hull, Decatur, Bainbridge, MacDonough, David Porter, and Charles 
Stewart, are among the American heroes who won renown in her. She 
has always been a singularly lucky ship, in all her long service of nearly a 
century her good fortune was ever remarkable. In the war of 1812 she 
was twice critically chased ; was in these actions always victorious, cap- 
turing two frigates and three smaller vessels of war. Her flag has floated 
on every sea, and in a single cruise of 495 days in the Pacific, the famous 
old frigate sailed 52,379 miles. Close-hauled to the wind the Constitution 
has easily beaten the best vessels of the British navy, as well as every 
American ship that she ever sailed with. Her deck has been trod by troops 
of distinguished personages, including several of the early presidents. 

While in the Mediterranean in 1822, Lord Byron was received on 
board. Com. Marston, now residing in Philadelphia, remembers the 
poet's visit, and the admiration he expressed for the noble ship. During 
Jackson's first term she was condemned, and a mandate was issued to 
break her up. Fortunately the infamous order was countermanded by 
competent authority, thanks to the eloquent protest of a gifted young poet, 
whose stanzas stirred up the sensibilities of the nation, and saved the dear 
old craft : 

" Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! 

Long has it waved on high, 
And many an eye hath danced to see 

That banner in the sky. 
Beneath it rung the battle-shout, 

And burst the cannon's roar ; 
The master of the Ocean air 

Shall sweep the clouds no more ! 

Her deck, once red with heroes' blood — 

Where knelt the vanquished foe, 
When winds were whistling o'er the flood 

And waves were white below — 
No more shall feel the victor's tread. 

Or know the conquered knee ; 
The harpies of the shore shall pluck 

The eagle of the sea ! 

O ! better that her shattered hulk 

Should sink beneath the wave ; 
Her thunders shook the mighty deep, 

And there should be her grave. 
Nail to the mast her holy flag, 

Set every thread-bare sail. 
And give her to the God of storms, 

The lightning and the gale ! " 

In the year 1834 the Constitution was the cause of quite "a tempest 
in a teapot." She was being repaired at the Boston navy yard, under the 
supervision of Commodore Jesse D. Elliott, a great admirer of " Old 
Hickory," and of course a good democrat, who, by permission of the navy 
commissioners, ordered a wooden statue of the president to be carved, for 
the purpose of placing it on the prow of the historic ship. At the same 



112 Commodore Hull and the Cofistitution. [July, 

time he proposed, as ornaments for her stern, the busts of Hull, Bainbridge, 
and Stewart, the commanders of the Constitution in her victories over the 
Guerriere, Java, Cyane, and Levant. The whigs of Boston approved of the 
stern ornaments, but were furious over the so called sacrilege of " Old 
Ironsides " being disfigured by what they designated in handbills, which were 
posted at the street corners of the city, " as the Figure of a Land Lubber." 
One of these has come into my possession, and, as a literary curiosity and 
illustrative of the political animosities of the time is, 1 think, worthy of 
preservation in this paper. Here it is verbatim, et literatum et punctuatim. 

Freeman Awake ! 
Or the Constitution will sink. 

It is a fact that the old " Glory President," has issued his special orders 
for a Colossean Ligure of his Royal self in Roman Costume to be placed 
as a figure head on Old Ironsides ! ! ! Where is the spirit of '76 ? Where 
the brave Tars who fought and conquered in the glorious ship, where the 
Mecanics, and where the Bostonians who have rejoiced in her achieve- 
ments ? Will they see the Figure of a Land Lubber at her bows ? No, let 
the cry be ' all hands on deck ' and save the ship by a timely remonstrance, 
expressing our indignation in a voice of thunder ! 

Let us assemble in the ' cradle of Liberty,' all hands up for the Con- 
stitution — let the figure head (if mortal man be worthy), be that of the 
brave Hull, the imtnortal Dectaur, or the valiant Porter, and not that 
of a Tyrant. Let us not give up the Ship, but nail the flag of the Union 
to the mast head, and let her ride the mountain wave triumphant, with 
none aboard but the Sons of Liberty, all flesh and blood, having the hearts 
and souls of Freemen. 

North-enders L Shall this Boston-built ship be thus disgraced without 
remonstrance ? Let this Wooden God, this Old Roman, building at the 
expense of -^oo dollars of the People' s money, be presented to the office 
Holders who glory in such worship, but for God's sake save the ship from 
this foul disgrace. A North-Ender. 

A few days after the fiddle-shaped prow was replaced by the figure of 
Jackson, a bold mariner, named Dewey — a North-ender, I presume — se- 
lecting a tempestuous night, scaled the ship's side, sawed off the head of 
" Old Hickory," and carried it away in a sack ! The indignant Elliott re- 
placed it with another, and to secure it against a possible second visit from 
" a North-ender," he caused'a thick copper bolt to be placed perpendicu- 
larly in the figure-head. The conqueror of Pakenham, as I have hgard, 
was so much charmed with Elliott's conduct in this affair that he gave him, 
in 1835, command of the Mediterranean squadron with the Constitution as 
his flag ship, to save his own head, and as a reward for the unquenchable 
zeal of his heroic admirer. An amusing writer remarks, "Even Jackson, 
however, could hardly pat him on the back when the party zeal of this 
same officer led him *to fill his ^un-deck with jackasses in his homeward 
voyage, and to set on foot and to subscribe to a testimonial service of plate 
to be presented, not to the President, but to Commodore Elliott. A 
court-martial sentenced him to four years' suspension from duty, but it ap- 
pears that all the jackasses in America must have been convinced of his 



i88o.] Commodore Hull and the Cofistiiutiofi. I j ? 

unselfish wish to improve their breed, and signed a petition in his behalf; 
for we find that he was restored to duty before the expiration of his term' 
of sentence." The figurehead was, however, suff'ered to rest in peace, and 
seems to have followed unmolested all the subsequent forunes of the ancient 
ship. As it would be, with all deference to the contrary opinion of the ec- 
centric commodore, manifestly inappropriate to associate Andrew Jackson 
with timbers that speak more audibly than the oak of Dodona, of Hull and 
Bainbridge, of Chauncey and Stewart, of Decatur and Somers, the figure 
of the President was recently removed, and sent to the Naval Academy at 
Annapolis, where I saw it last summer. The statue is bareheaded and 
wears a dress suit of the time, over Avhich an ample cloak falls, gathered 
at the throat with the usual cord. A roll of manuscript is held in die right 
hand, and the left is buried in the breast of his brass-buttoned aud volum- 
inous waistcoat. The likeness which the features bear to the ori'ginal is 
not bad, and the hair, at any rate, stands up with archaeological accuracy. 
At the Naval Academy are also to be seen several fine paintings by Corne, 
representing the various victorious encounters in which the Constitution 
was engaged. 

"Old Ironsides" has often been repaired and three times rebuilt, and 
of the original ship only the keel and floor timbers remain. Her model, 
however, is unchanged. No vessel that ever floated, no, not even Lord 
Nelson's "Victory," was ever so loved by a nation. Ladies have been 
seen kissing the hem of her sails ;. men to scrape the barnacles from 
her bottom to preserve as souvenirs of the old ship, and canes and boxes 
without number have been made from the original wood of the Constitu- 
tion. A Boston merchant had his front door manufactured of the same 
material, and a beautiful coach was constructed of the oak of the old frig- 
ate as a New Year's gift to one of our presidents. I tried to obtain a 
piece for a cane, and her captain wrote that it would be difficult to get 
enough for a tooth-pick ! The oft told story of the boy's jack-knife, which 
had first new blades, and then a new handle, and was still the same old 
knife, has been exemplified in the frigate Constitution. 

Her fighting days being over, " Old Ironsides " was for several years 
used as a school-ship at Annapolis, and when, on the breaking out of the 
Rebellion of 1861, the Naval Academy was removed to Newport, the old 
conqueror took her place at the latter station, and young cadets continued 
to overrun her historic decks. She was repaired and put in good order 
for the Centennial, receiving during that summer, while lying at Philadel- 
phia, many distinguished visitors. Her last foreign service was a peaceful 
one — carrying American products to and from the Paris Exposition of 
1878. Since her return last year, the Constitution has been used as a 
training-ship for boys. 

In the lines of the poet, 

" Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea 

Or skirts the safer shores. 
Of all that bore to victory 

Our stout old commodores ; 
Hull, Bainbridge, Porter— where are they ? 

Tlie answering billows roll 
Still bright in memory's sunset ray — 

God rest each gallant soul I " 



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X 1 6 Genealogy of the Descendants of [J^^X' 



GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS SEY- 
MOUR OF HARTFORD, CT., 1 705-1 767. 



By Miss Mary K. Talcott. 



I. — Thomas Seymour (son of Capt. Thomas, grandson of John Seymour, 
and great grandson of Richard Seymour) was born in Hartford, July 29, 
1705. He was graduated from Yale College in 1724. He married, March 
5. 1730, Hepsibah, dau. of Deacon Daniel Merrill, of Hartford. He and his 
wife were admitted to the South Church, Hartford, June 27, 1731. He 
was an eminent lawyer, and was deputy for Hartford, in 1746, and many 
years after. He was appointed Capt. of the 2d Company, or Train-band 
in 1752, and held the office for several years. He died March 18, 1767,' 
and is buried in the old Center Burying-ground, Hartford. His epitaph 
says that " in his public duties he was impartial and upright, in private lite 
he was respected and beloved." His widow, Mrs. Hepsibah Seymour, 
died in Hartford, August 28, 1788, aged 77. 

Children : 

2. Jared, born Jan. 13, 1731. 

3. Eunice, born May 6, 1732 ; mar. John Potwine, of East Hart- 

ford. She was admitted to the Ch. there, Nov. 19, 1758. She 
was. buried in liartford, Mch. i, 1768; had several children. 

4. David, born Oct. 13, 1733 ; mar. Oct. 20, 1757, Mar}', dau. 

of Peter Harris, of New London; she died Nov. 9, 1757, 
aged 25. Capt. David Seymour died in Hartford, Dec. 21, 
1 770, & bequeathed the bulk of his property to his nephews, 
sons of his brother Jared. " He was a noted Sea Com- 
mander." 

5. Thomas, born March 13, 1735. 

6. George, born Sept. 23, 1736 ; died Nov. 12, 1738. 

7. Hepsibah, born May 27, 1738; mar. Dr. Nathaniel Ledyard, 

of Hartford, son of John Ledyard, born i 740, in Groton. 

He was one of the number blown up in the School House, 
May 18, 1766, in the midst of the rejoicings for the Repeal 
of the Stamp Act, and died of the injuries he then received^ 
June I, 1766. Buried in the old Center burying-ground. 
Letters of Adm. granted on his estate to Hepzibah Ledyard, 
his willow, June 27, 1766. They had a child who died, and 
was buried in the old Center yard, Oct. 22, 1766. She after- 
wards n)ar. Capt. John Skinner, of Hartford. She died Sept. 
4, 1 791. — buried in the old Center yard. Capt. John Skin- 
ner, d. in Mch. 1794, aged 68. 

8. Ruth, born Feb. 7, 1740; mar. William Stanley, son of Na- 

thaniel Stanley, of Hartford. She had 2 ch., who died 
* young; she died in Jan. 1782 ; her husband d. Dec. 31. 

1786, aged 63, leavmg his large property to the South Church, 
in Hartford. 

9. Hannah, born Mch. 25, 1742 ; mar. March 7, 1770, in Hart- 



i88o.] Thomas. Seymour of Hartford, Ct., 1 705-1 767. 



11 



ford, Elisha Painter, Merchant, of New Haven ; he was born 
July 1736, son of Shubael Painter, of New Haven. She 
survived her husband, who died about 1791, and returned to 
Hartford to hve, and was a member of the South Church 
in 1 791 ; d. 1807. 

10. George, born Nov. 9, 1793 ; prob. d. in infancy, as his name 
is not mentioned in his father's will. 

11. Caroline, born Aug. 28, 1745, died unmarried, about 1820, 
insane for many years. 

12. Jane, died in West Haven, June 29, 1770 ; unmarried. 

Second Generation. 

II. — Jared Seymour, married March 26, 1752, Deliverance, dau. of 
John Skinner, of Hartford, baptized Feb. 28, 1731. He died in April, 
17S1. His widow died March 13, 1799 ; both buried in the Center bury- 
ing-ground, Hartford. 

Cliildren : 

13. Delia, born Nov. 6, 1752; mar. Judge Jonathan Bull, of 

Hartford, for many years Judge of the County Court, Judge 
of Probate, etc. He d. Oct. 5, 1825 ; she d. July 4, 1830, 
having had 12 ch. 

14. George, born Dec. 25, 1754; he served in the Conn, line, 
in the Revolution ; mar. in 1 778, Mabel, d. of Joseph Spencer. 
He d. in Hartford, July 18, 1820. His widow d. Apr. 3, 
1838. They had 7 ch. 

15. Frederick, born ; mar. Prudence , who d. in 

Hartford, Aug. 5, 1799, aged 30. He was a sea-captain ; 
d. in New York, in 1819. Had one son. 

16. David; married Nancy Nicholls, of Winchester, in 1792; 
removed to Springfield, Vt. and from there to St. Lawrence 
Co., N. Y. ; drowned while bathing in the Oswegatchie 
River, in 1807, leaving five ch. 

17. Cynthia, born in 1759; ^^^t^- Capt. Asa Corning, of Hart- 
ford, who d. Dec. 27, 1815, aged 62 ; she d. Aug. 27, 1835 ; 
had ten ch. 

18. Jane, mar. Nathaniel Skinner, of Albany, N. Y. ; had three ch. 

V, — Hon. Thomas Seymour, graduated Yale College, 1755; married 
Mary, dau. of John and Deborah (Youngs) Ledyard, of Hartford, who was 
baptized, June 15, 1735, at Groton, Ct. He represented Hartford in the 
General Assembly for many years ; was King's Attorney for the Colony, 
and after the Revolution United States Attorney; Member of the Council 
of Safety, and one of the Commissioners of the Pay Table during the Revo- 
lution ; Judge of the Court of Common Pleas ; First Mayor of the City of 
Hartford ; Commissary General of the State during the war of 18 12. 

Mrs. Mary (Ledyard) Seymour died Aug. 27, 1807. He died July 30, 
1829. They are buried in the old South V^ard. 

Children : 

19. Thomas Youngs, born June 19, 1757. 

20. William, born Dec. 28, 1758; served in the Revolutionary 

army, was with his uncle Col. Ledyard, at Fort Groton, and 
8 



Ijg Genealogy of the Descendants of [July, 

there received a M'ound which crippled him for hTe. Grad. 
Yale Coll. J 779, "was a merchant in Hartford, Died Dee, 
20j 1843, at Bloomfield, Ct., anmarried. 

21. Edward, born Feb, 14^ ^7^2 5 mar. Mrs. Polly Hwnn Spen- 
cer, ofWindsor, Ct. ; they had no children ; he died in Hart- 

' ford, Oct. 31, 1822 ', his widow died May 4, 1836, aged 68, 

22. Henry, born Dec. 25, 1764- 

22^. Mary Julia, born Feb. 6, 1769; mar, in Nov, 1794, Capt, 
John Chenevard, of Hartford, who d. in 1808 > she d. in 
Hartford, June 8, 1843, having had 4 ch. 

23. Ledyard, born Aug. 2, 1773, _ 

24. Samuel, born Aug, 30, 1776; died in Oct. 1776. 

Third Generation^ 

XIX. — Thomas Youngs Seymour, graduated from Yale College in 1 777 ; 
entered the army immediately, and was present at Burgoyne's surrender. 
He raised a company of cavalry, and afterwards a regiment oi light horse, 
and served tbrowghout the Revolutionary war. He wa» selected by Gen, 
Gates to escort Gen. Biirgoyne to Boston, arsd on reachiwg his desSinaSion 
Burgoyne presented him with a jRagnificent saddle and. a pair of silver- 
mounted pistols, as a tokeii of bia appreciation of the manner in which he 
had performed his daties. He is represented, moanted on bis charger, in 
TrurobuU's painting of the SarreJ^der of Burgoyne, After the close of the 
war he practiced law in Hartford, arad held many positions of trua-t, both 
State and municipal. He married, i^, his cousin, Mary Ann, AzM. of CoL 
William Ledyard, the hero of Fort Groton ; &he died m Hartford^ in 
March 9, 1782, aged 19, and is buried in the Center Chsirch grave- 
yard He married, 2"**''', Susan Bull, of Hartford, October 3^ 17S4. He 
became insaue before his death, which occurred May 16, 181 1, His 
widow, Mrs S'usan Seymonr, lived for many years with her daughter, Mrs. 
Woodbridge, and died in Hadley, in 1849, ^S^^ ^3- 

Children '. 

25. Thomas S., bom Sept. 6, 1785; married CatheriiOe, dau. cf 

Chas. Merrill > be entered the U, S, Army in 1812, and 
served Ihrovjgh the war ; Capt. in the 25*Reg'', U, S, In- 
fantry ; on one occasion be was taken prisoner, but his men, 
with the sboat, " save the yottng lie«tenant I " rsished into 
the midst of the enemy, and bore him triumphantly back. 
At the close of the War, be went to Soath America, and 
joined the patriots ander BoUvar, While there his health 
began to decline, and he died on bis ret«rn to the U, S., in 
the Hospital at New York, July 7, 181 7. His widow, Catha- 
rine, died in Hartford Jan. 1828, aged 40, He had one son, 

26. Mary Ann, born June 16, 1789 j she taught a school for 
painting and embroidery, in Windham, Ct., in 2807 > and the 
next year opend a school in Sharon, Ct, She mar. in Hart- 
ford May 4, 1814, Rev. John Woodbridge, of Hadley, Ms, 
He was afterwards pastor of thel^owery Church, New York, 
and in Bridgeport, and New Hartford, Ct,, and again at 
Hadley, and was a distinguished divine, and noted theolo- 
gian, Mrs, Woodbridge d, at Hadley, Jan, 16, 1858. He 



eS8o.] Thomas Seymour of. Harffdrd^ O., 1705-1767. ug 

d. at Waukegan, III., Sept. 26, 1869, aged 84. They had 
nine children. 

27, John Jay, bom Oct. 5, 179!:; supposed to have been 

drowned while escaping from a British war vessel, in Chesa- 
peake Bay, having been impressed into the British service. 

28. Charlotte Ann, born Oct. 19, 1794; mar. May 2^"^, i8i6, 
Lieut. Nathan Clark, an ofticer, in the U. S. Army, then 
stationed at Detroit, Mich. They lived for a number of 
years at Fort SneUing, Minn., and her name has an honored 
place, on the roll of "the Pioneer Women of the West." 
Major Clark d. Feb. 18, 1836. She d. at Colorado Springs, 
Col., July 13, 1873. They had six children. 

1 29. James Davenport, born Dec. 19, 1797 ; died June 2, 1802. 

30. Susan Elizabeth, born May 6, 1800; mar. Nov. 15, 1820, 
Stephen H. Fuller, M.D., son of Rev. Stephen Fuller, of 
Vershire, Vt. He resided in Portland, Ct. : died Apr. 25, 
1865. She died, in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feby. 11, 1879. They 
had 7 children. 

31. James Edward, born Dec'. 21, 1802 (?) died Mch. 10, 1816, 
aged 13. 

32. Egbert Davenport, born Oct. 9, 1866 ; married in N. Y. City, 
in 1828, Sarah A. Williams, of Jamaica, L. 1. He died in 
1837, in Charleston, S. C, leaving one child, a daughter. 

XXII. — Major Henry Seymour, of Hartford, married, June 19, 1804, 
Jane, daughter of Capt. William and Susan (Keith) EUery, of Hartford. 
He died in Hartford, May 13, 1846; his widow died Oct. 12, 185 1, aged 

Children : 

^;^. Mary Ellery, born Sept. 25, 1805 ; unm. living in New 
Orleans. 

34. Thomas Henry, born Sept. 29, 1807; never married; he 
was elected M. C. in 1843 '■> '" i^^A^ he went to the Mexican 
war, as major of the Ninth Reg'. U. S. Volunteers ; and 
during the war became colonel, and distinguished hunself at 
Chapultepec, &c. Elected Governor of Conn. 1850-53. 
Presidential elector in 1852. Appointed U. S. Minister to 
Russia in June, 1853, which office he held until 1859, when 
he returned to Hfd., and was welcomed with a military 
reception. He died in Hartford Sept. 3, 1868, and his fun- 
eral was attended with military and masonic honors. 

35. William Ellery, b. Mch. 10, 1810; married in Philadelphia, 
July 31, 1834, Miss Mary Brooks; now resides in New Or- 
leans, La., where he has lived for many years. He has two 
children. 

XXIIL— Ledyard Seymour, of Hartford, married, i^ Amanda, dau. 
of Dr. John and Amanda (Russell) Redfteld, of Guilford, Ct., whp was 
born July 15, 1775 ; she died in New York, of small pox, Jan. 24, 1795. 
He married, 2^"^^, Mrs. Hannah Berkenhead, of East Haddam, Sept. 13, 
1807. He died in -Hartford, March 9, 1848, 

Childreu ; 



I 20 Records of the First and Second Presbyterian [Ji^i^yi 

36. Amanda, mar. in 1831, William P. Spencer; now living in 

Higganum, Conn. 

37. Isaac T., mar. Miss Miller, of Hartford; died in Hartford, 
Sept. 7, 1834, aged 20. 

38. Samuel ; was a sea-captain, afterwards settled in San Fran- 

cisco, Cal., mar. and had ch. 

39. Charlotte, died in Hartford, May 31, 1843, aged 22. 

[The above account is intended partly as an addition to the History of 
the Ledyard Family, which appeared in the Record, 1876, vol. 7, p. 10, 
and it also corrects one or two errors in that article. The authorities for 
this paper have been the town and probate records of Hartford, Thomas 
Seymour's family Bible, the files of the Connecticut Courant, and records 
received from descendants now living. The compiler regrets that it is not 
complete, but as she is engaged in collecting materials for a genealogy of 
the Seymour family, she hopes to be able at some future time to render it 
as nearly so as possible. And if these pages should attract the attention of 
any who are interested in the subject, she will be glad to receive informa- 
tion from them. 



RECORDS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCHES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. 



Marriages. 1756 to 



Were Married.* 

1762. 

1 2. Edward Grant & Mary Craig. 

Charles Ross & Margaret McDougal. 
William Brown & Lydia McDonald. 
8. William Clift & Polly Bowman. 

Nicholas Bayard & Cathrine Levingston. 

Jacob Bunce & Francis Stringham. 

Daniel Bernard & Mary Wiley. 

Henry Huff & Susannah Hyat. (13) 

John Clarkson & Elizabeth Conckling. 

Peter Kattenborn & Sarah Lyen. 

George Harris & Mary Boyd. 

Zachariah Cuttant & Hannah Cubener. 

Andrew Murray & Agness Grififeths. 

Christopher Mowdy & Isabel McVicker. 

Donald Black & Jennet Urchard, widow, 

[* The words " were married," repeated in the original, after the day of the month, are here omitted.^ 



Jan^ 


12 


Feb'' 


4 


March 


15 


April 


8 


(( 


20. 


Aug« 


9 


(( 


18. 


Sep' 


I. 


Oct'. 


15 


(( 


20. 


(( 


20 


u 


22 


Nov' 


■ 8 


(( 


9 


(( 


30 



^88o.] Churches of the City of New York. 12^ 

Dec' 4. John Lynd & Hannah Mcjarvis. 

" 7. George Clark, 77 Reg', & EHzabeth Scot. 

" 8. Thomas Swain & Bridget McDonahl. 

" 12. Robert Rose & Bridget Audley. 

" 14. Archibald McPhail and Mary McClean. 

" 14. WiUiam Butlar & Mary Volentine. 

" 19. William Lewis & Dorothy Thompson. 

" 15. John Stevenson & Catharine McCallow. 

" 21. Angus Stuart, Soldier, & Elinor McDonald. 

" 29. Hecter McKinzie & Mary Evans. 

" 31. John Craig & Lidia King. 

1763. 

Jan^ 8. John Grant, Soldier, & Mary Conner, 

" J 9. Alexander McGregore, Soldier, and Mary Swan. 

" 22. John Gray, Soldier, & Christian McDonald. 

" 24. Alexander Patterson & Cathrine Brown. 

" 29. William Morris & Susannah Adams. 

" 29. Thomas Gordon, Serg' 55 Regiment, and Martha Needham.(i4) 

P'eb'' 3. Thomas Kirke, Mariner, and Ann Able. 

'' 5. John Martin «& Ann Angevoin, of West Chester. 

" 10. John True, Soldier, & Elizabeth Clark. 

" 16. James Johnston, Mariner, and Mary Campbell. 

" 18. William Leget, Soldier, & Cathrine Boswin. 

" 19. James Power, Mariner, & Isabel Brown. 

" 21. Levinia Clarkson & Mary Van Home. 

'* 24. William Randall, Mariner, and Mary Wiley. 

" 24. Hugh Erazer, Soldier, and Elizabeth Clark. 

*' 25. William Southall & Lucretia Moore. 

" 26. Walter Wood, Mariner, & Hannah DeGroot. 

March 5. Thomas Howard & Cathrine Jabwaine. 

" 7. John Role and Jane Wiley. 

" 16. James Slover & Cathrine Alstine. 

" I 7. Alexander McPherson & Margaret McPherson. 

April 6. William Murphy & Elinor Ryan. 

" 6. Patrick Houlden & Mary Henny. 

" 7. Alexander Erazer, of the 42^^ Regiment, and Elinor Eiger. (15) 

" 12. Laurence Cooney & Cathrine Hurt. 

" 26. Robert McPherson & Ann McLeod. 

" 29. Benjamin Underbill & Letitia Townsend. 

" 30. James Gibson & Mary McAllir. 

" 30. Timothy Bussing & Jane Crosby. 

May I. John White & Hannah Cox. , 

" 3. Joseph Gilderslieve & Jane Wiley. 

" 3. Donald McPherson, of the 42^* Reg', and EUetta Marsh. 

" 4. James Laman & Elinor McDougal. 

" 4. Jonathan Cutter & Hannah Dunivan. 

" 5. George Bell & Ann Drummon. 

" 8. Thomas Barker & Mary Major. 

" 9. John Ervin & Ann Andrews. 

" 12. William Wilson & Cathrine Connor. 



May 


15 


June 


6. 


(( 


II. 


a 


16. 


11 


21. 


it 


2 7- 


it 


30. 


July 


5- 


a 


15- 


a 


U- 


(C 


19. 


" 


20. 


<( 


20. 


(( 


22. 


u 


23- 


(( 


23- 


ii 


24. 


Sep' 


3- 


(( 


1 1. 


(C 


24. 


(( 


26. 


Oct' 


3- 


(( 


9- 


(( 


9- 



122 Records of the First arid Secoitd Presbyterian [J^^y;> 

. Cato & Polly ; Free Negroes. 

, Meredeth Hughes & Margaret Humphries. 

. William Cannon & Mary Cofoin, Widow. 

Henry Dawson & Catharine Kemper, 

John Lasher & Cathrine Ernest. 

Samuel Harvy & Mary Bloom, Widow. 

Winans Van Pelt & Maiy Hyer. 

James Grave & Jane Wather, 

John Hutchison, Serg' 35 Regim*, and Jane Neal, Widow. (16) 

George Crookshanks andr Cathrine Wheat. 

Warner Richards, Mariner, and Sarah Byfield. 

William Cowan & Margaret Dufte. 

John Martin, Shipwright, and Mary Luddin, Widow. 

David English & Elizabeth Gray, Widow. 

William Wood & Ann Bronson. 

Thomas Ash & Elizabeth Stanton. 

Innis Graham & Elizabeth Wilcocks. 

Jacob Brothers & Hannah Meridet. 

Martin Ludwick & Elizabeth Douglas. 

Leonard De Klyn & Margaret Maney. 

William Mosman & Elizabeth Schooley. 

Emanuel Roberts & Grace Ingoldsby. 

John Hicks & Martha Hicks. 

Christopher Sweedeland and Elinor Hunter. 
(For remainder, see page 84.) 

1 lie following is a faithful List of the ] Persons Married by the Rev**. 
D'. Rodgers, | after his Removal to the City of New York, which [ took 
Place in the Month of July, 1765. | 

1765. 

Sepf I6'^ William Boyd & Ann Witt, both of the City of New York. 

Oct' 26"". Thomas Tred well, of Suffolk County, Long Island, & Ann 

Hazard, of New York. 
Nov' 2''. Richard Harbour & Mary Wool, both of New York. 

Nov' 2^ Matthias QoiijptQn, of New Jersey, & Catharine Green, of 

New York. 

. 1766. 

John Renshaw & Martha Sturges, both of New York. 
Thomas Buchannan & Almy Townsend, both of New 

York. 
John Ward & Jane Anderson, both of New York. 
Peter Taylor & Caroline Maddock, both of New York. 
Abraham Moor & Elizabeth Harden, both of Turtle Bay. 
Peter Ricker & Jane Bonit, both of New York. (18) 

Thomas Blakeny & Catharine Burbank, both of New 

York. 
John Shaw & Jane Hopson, both of New York. 
Samuel Smith & Elizabeth Marsh, both of Queen's County. 
Alexander Quarry & Eleonar McNeil, both of New York. 



March 


15" 


M arch 


17' 


April 


2 


April 


3 


April 


X9' 


May 


12" 


May 


22 


July 


28' 


Sept' 


2 


Decemb' 


24' 



i88o.] 



Churches of the City of New York. 



123 



January 



January 


23 


January 


26" 


January 


27« 


Februai-y 


2* 


February 


r9« 


March 


if 


April 


8** 


May 


r 


June 


30'' 


July 


3U, 


July 


7'^ 


Sept' 


26'* 


Sept' 


28* 


Oct' 


6" 


Oct' 


7^^ 


Oct' 


22^ 


Decemb' 


24'^ 


January 


24«> 


January 


28^^ 


March 


12*^ 


April 


25*^ 


August 


lo"- 


August 


2 7*'^ 


Sept' 


13th 


Nov' 


28* 


Dec' 


17* 


Dec' 


26'" 



February 

June 

June 

June 

July 
July 

July 
Tuly 

July 



9"- 

12^ 
22^^. 

2 7'\ 
I2'\ 

17'". 



1767. 

Ignatius Peter White & Catharine McFarland, both of 
New York, 
, James Shaw & Elizabeth Boonrepo, both of New York. 

John Chadden & Catharine Dean, both of New York. 

John Cockle & Hannah Huskins, both of West Chester 
County. 

Nathaniel Donham 81 Elizabeth Wilson, both of New Jer- 
sey. 

William Arnold & Mary Sheerwood, both of New York. 

John Michael & Ann Deal, both of New York. (19) 

Peter Thoinpson 81 Mary Savage, both of New York. 
. Thomas Wallace & Jane Edgar, both of New York. 

Francis Arden & Mary Ryan, both of New York. 

William Kerr, of New York, and Mary Rumsey, of West 
Chester. 

John Griffeths & Sarah Evans, both late from Wales. 

Alexander McDougall & Hannah Bostwick, both of New 
York. 

Isaac Enslow, of the Train of Artillery, & Jane Wilson. 

Jesse Smith & Charity Willet, both of New York. 

David Mason & Frances Gunn, both of New York. 

Thomas Burling & Susannah Carter, both of New York. 

Richard Paul & Sarah Wright, both of New York. (20) 

1768. 

William Ritchey & P^lizabeth Arden, both of New York. 
Pierce Donovan & Eleanor Powell, both of New York. 
William Johnson & Margaret Bessicks, both of New York. 
William Harrison & Abigail Sutton, both c^f New York. 
Frederick Hudson, Esq'., of Suffolk County, & Sarah 

Youngs, of New York. 
John Wainwright & Judah Burger, both of New York. 
Ludwick Ricker & Catharine McCoy, both of New York. 
George Davies & Rachel Lisk, both of New York. 
Abijah Taylor & Isabella Wyley, both of New York. 
Moses Sheerwood, Jun', & P^lizabeth Mulener, both of 

New York. 

1769. (21) 

Robert Moston & Jane Burger, both of New York. 
Robert Straton & Elizabeth Ferguson, both of New York. 
James Sutton & Sarah Smith, both of West Chester 

County. 
George Kelly & Mary McNathan, both of New York. 
Alexander Smith & Agnes Peterson, both of New York. 
James Lary & Sarah Boonrepo, both of New York. 
John Cameron, of the Scotch Fusileers, & Phoebe Duron, 

of New York. 
James Black & Abigail Bush, both of New York. ~"~~^ 

William Inglis & Mary Margeson, both of New York. 



I 24 Recoi'ds of the First and Second Presbyterian Churches. [July, 



July 
August 
August 
Nov' 


7*. 


Nov' 


lO^ 


Dec' 


I2'\ 


January 
January 
March 


4'^ 


March 


14*. 


April 


15*. 


May 
June 


2<». 

1 6*. 


August 


28*. 


August 


29*. 


Sept' 
Oct' \ 


16*. 
12*. 


Oct' 


18*. 


Dec' 


7'^ 


Dec' 


31^'. 


January 

February 

March 


II*. 

21^ 

24*. 


April 
May 


30*. 
9*. 


May 


ID*. 


May 


^f- 


June 


8*. 


June 


30*. 


August 


18*. 


Sept' 


. II* 


Oct' 


30* 


Nov' 


7th 



Dec' 



31^ 



James Powers & Ruth Evouts, both of New York. 
Jacob Vanvoorhies & Sarah White, both of New York. 
William Corby & Ann Emmit, both of New York. 
Daniel Miller & Jane Grey, both of New York. (22) 

Joseph Wright & Ann Campbell, both of New York. 
Thomas Skidmore & Mary Laurence, both of New York. 

1770. 

John Craig & Bethia Ivongwith, both of New York. 

George Smart & Helena Hedges, both of New York. 

John Litchfield, Lieut, of the 16* Regiment, & Mary Scot, 
of New York. 

James McCartney & Judith Morris, both of New York. 

John Likely & Martha Barret, both of Van Courtland's 
Manor. 

Peter Kedore & Else Trueman, both of New York. 

John Bradley & Mary Diamond, both of New York. 

Peter McMahen & Jane Ryan, both of New York. 

Samuel Dyckman & Rebekah Odell, both of West Ches- 
ter County. (23) 

Charles Gardner & Susannah Leonard, both of New York. 

Alexander Crookshank & Catharine McKinley, both of 
New York. 

Alexander McAlpine & Margaret Lennan, both of New 
York. 

Charles Grimsby & Mary Ryan, both of New York. 

John Watson & Catharine King, both of this City. 

1771. 

Elias Martin & Mary Wool, both of New York. 
William Grant & Ann Doddridge, both of New York. 
Benjamin Watson & Jane Van Orden, both of New York. 
Jacob Emmens & Elizabeth Glean, both of New York. 
James A. Stewart & Sarah Schermerhorn, both of New 

York. 
Jonas Kelsey, of Duches County, & Jane DuBois, of 

New York. 
Thomas Smith, Merch', & Mary Peters, both of Philadel- 
phia. 
John Adams, Mariner, & Hannah Bradburn, Widow, both 

of New York. 
Jonathan De Lanoy, Shipwright, & Eleonar Yarrow, Widow, 

both, of New York. 
Henry Cutler, Shoemaker, & Hannah Bussing, both of 

New York. 
Cap* Peter Schermerhorn & Elizabeth Bussing, both of 

New York. 
Peter Fountain & Eleonar Wickham, both of New York. 
Jonathan Cowdry & Eleonar Vandewater, both of New 

York. 
Jacob Keyser & Mary Hartwith, both of New York. 



i88o.] Records of the Reforjned Dutch Church in New York. \2^ 



RECORDS OF THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH IN THE 
CITY OF NEW YORK.— Marriages. 



INGESCHREVEN. 
[1695-] 

den x6 dicto. 



Eodem. 



den 17 dicto. 



den 23 dicto. 



(678) 
den II Octob. 



den 16 dicto. 
den 26 dicto. 

Eodem. 

den 8 Nov. 
den 10 dicto. 
den 15 dicto. 
den 22 dicto. 



(Continued from Vol. XI., p. 82, of The Record.) 

Moyses Lewnis, Mariner, en Mary- 
Bayer, Van N. Yorck, beyde woo- 
nende alhier. 

James Hewett, Mariner, en Maria 
Dyckman, j. d. Van N. Haerlem, d' 
Eerste alhier, en tvvede tot N. Haer- 
lem. 

Jacob Codebeck, j. m. Van Norman- 
dyen, en Margareta Provoost, j. d. 
Tan Kingstouwne, d' Eerste woonen- 
de in Esopus, en twede alhier. 

Jacobus Pieterszen, j. m. Van Haerlem, 
en Catharina Keteltas, j. d. Van N. 
Yorck, d' Eerste woonende tot Mits- 
patskill, en twede alhier. 

Arent Andrieszen, j. m. Van Boswyck, 
en Helena Adrians, j. d. Van Achter- 
kol, d' Eerste wonende op Boschwyck, 
en twede den de Deutelbay. 

Jeuriaen Bosch, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en 
Geesje Anna Bruyn, j. d., beyde wo- 
nende alhier. 

Anthony Matthyszen, j. m. ") 
Van N". Yorck, en Dina | 
Mljskite, Uyt de Barbados, \ Negres. 
beyde woonende op Bloe- 
mendael. 

Jacobus Van Duersen, j. m. Van N. 
Albanien, en Aeltje Uyttenbogert, 
Wed" Van Zacharias Hiiys, beyde 
woonende alhier. 

Raedjert Bleam, j. m. Uyt Engel', en 
Marie Karsenboom, Wed' Van Dirck 
Hitman, beyde woonende alhier. 

Thomas Lynes, j. m. , en Anna 

Fellaert, Wed"= Van Hendrick Ja- 
cobszen, beyde woonende alhier. 

Jacob Koning, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en 
Margarietie Pieters, j. d. Van de 
Gujanes, beyde woonende alhier. 

Paulus Van der Beeck, j. m. Van de 
Gujanes, en Jannetje Johannes, Wed'= 
Van Jacob Colve, beyde wonende al- 
hier. 



GETROUWT. 

Meteenlicentie 
den 16 dicto. 

Meteen licentie 
den 17 dicto 
oft 1 7 Sep- 
temb. 

den 21 Octob. 



den 26 Octob. 



den 8 Nov. 



den 23 Oct. p' 
licentie. 



Getrouwt tot 
N. Haerlem. 

den 14 Nov. 



den 1 1 diet. 

den 10 Nov. 
meteenlicentie 

den 8 dec. 
den 18 diet. 



126 Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. [Ju^j 



INGHSCHREVEN. 

den 23 dicto. Pieter Wesselszen, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 

en Anneken Van Oosterhaven, j. d. 

Van Amsterd., beyde woonende al- 

hier. 
den 7 decemb. Willjam Rendel, j. m. Van Oudt EngeP, 

en Elisabeth Strenglits, Wed° Van 

Jeams Herrits, beyde woonende al- 

hier. 
den 20 dicto. Robbert Harris, j. m. Van Edenburg, 

en Maria Van Huysen, j. d. Van N. 

Albanien, beyde wonende alhier. 

(679) . , . , 

den 21 Dec. Abraham Janszen, j. m. Van Mitspadt- 

kill, en Sara Etkins, j. d. aen de 

Bouwerye, beyde woonende alhier. 

den 27 diet. Arent Isacszen Van Hceck, laest Wed' 

Van Elisabeth Stevens, en Maria Van 

^Hobocken, laest Wed* Van Otto 

Laurenszen, beyde woonende alhier. 

den 13 Jan. Thomas Sanderszen, j. m. Van N. Alba- 

nien, en Aeltie Santvoort, j. d. Van 
N. Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 

A° i6q6. 

den 24 Jan, Joseph Waldron, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 

en Annetje Woedert, j. d. Van N. 
Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 

den 12 Mart. Samuel Bayard, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en 
Margareta Van Courtlant, j. d. tJt 
Supra, beyde woonende alhier. 

den 14 dicto. Abraham Van Duyn, j. m. Van Swol, 
en Geertje Martens, j. d. Van de 
Walebocht, d' Eerste woonende op 
N. Uytrecht, en twede tot N. Yorck. 

den ID April. Gerrit de Grauw, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 
en Dorothee Hiiyer, j. d. als boven, 
beyde woonende alhier. 

den 12 dicto. Thomas Verdon, Wed' Van Jannetje 
Claes, en Ytie Jeuriaens, Wed* Van 
Theunis ten Eyck, d' Eerste wonende 
op de Gujanes, en twede alhier. 

den 15 dicto. Pieter RyckmanJ. m. Van N. Albanien, 
en Cornelia Keteltas, j. d. Van N. 
Yorck, beyde wonende alhier. 

Eodem. Isaacq de LaMontagne, j. m. Van N. 

Haerlem, en Hester Van Vorst, j. d. 
Van N. Albanien, beyde wonende 
alhier. 

den I May. Cornelis Klopper, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 

en Aefje Liicas. j. d. Van N. Yorck, 
beyde wonende alhier. 



GBTROUWT. 



den 16 diet. 



den 22 diet. 



Eodem 20 diet, 
per licentie. 



A° 1696 den 8 
Jan. 

den 12 dicto. 



den 26 Febr. 



den 9 Febr. 



Met een licentie 
den 12 Mart. 

Vertoog gelicht 
den 3 April. 



den 4 May. 
den 26 Apr. 

den 6 May. 
den 8 dicto. 

den 24 dicto. 



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127 



INGESCHREVEN. 

Eodeiii. 



(680) 

den I dicto. 



den 21 dicto. 
den 4 Jun. 
den 7 dicto. 
den 12 dicto. 
den 6 Jul. 

den 8 dicto. 
den 10 dicto. 

den 17 dicto. 
Eodem. . 
uen 20 dicto. 
den 4 Aug. 



(681) 
den 6 Aiis:. 



den 8 dicto. 



CHTROnwT. 



Reyer Martenszen, j. m. U\>t de Wale- 
bocht, en Rebecca Van de'r Schiieren, 
j. d. Van N. Yorck, beyde wonende 
alhier. 

Pieter Borger, j. m. Van N. Albanien, 
en Catharina Daniels, j. d. Van N. 
Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 

Jan Ekkinszen, j. ni. Van Stiiyvesants 
Bouwerye, en Maryken Jans, j. d. Van 
N. Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 

Johannes Elswardt, Wed'' Van Aeltje 
Roos, en Anna Pieters, j. d. Van N. 
Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 

Jaspar Hood, j. m. Van , en 

Cathrina Andries, j. d. Van N. 
Yorck, bevde woonende alhier. 

Philip Menthaer, j. m. Van Vlissingen, 
en Hillegond Webbers, j. d. Van N. 
Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 

Johannes Van Brug, j. m. Van N. 
Yorck, en Margareta Provoost, j. d. 
Van N. Yorck, beyde woonende al- 
hier. 

Daniel Dunscombo, Mariner, en Hele- 
na Swan, j. d. Van N. Yorck, beyde 
woonende alhier. 

Johannes Hardenberg, j. m. Van N. 
Albanien, en Hillegond Meyers, j. d. 
Van N. Yorck, beyde woonende al- 
hier. 

Jan Andriaenszen, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 
en Vrouwtje Andries, j. d. Van N. 
Yorck, beyde woonende op dit Eyl*. 

Anthony Cousart, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 
en Lysbeth Valentyn, j. d. Van Sche- 
nectade, beyde woonende alhier. 

Stephen Ritzard, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 
en Maria Van Brugge, j. d. als boven, 
beyde woonende alhier. 
John Brine, Mariner, en Elisabeth Van 
Clytit; j. d. Van N. Yorck, beyde 
woonende alhier. 

Theunis Lanen, Wed' Van Griet Jans, 
en Geertruyd Jans, Wed' Van Jan 
Otto, d' Eerste op N. Uytrecht, en 
twede alhier. 

Zacharias Weecx, j. m. Van N. Enge- 
landt, en Catharina Meyers, j. d. Van 
N. Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 



den 22 dicto. 

den 17 May. 
den 3 Jun. 



Meteenlicentie 
den 4 Jun. 

Meteenlicentie 
den 7 dicto. 

den 19 Jul. 



Met eenlicentie 
den 9 dicto. 



Meteenlicentie 
Eodem. 

Meteenlicentie 
den 12 Jill. 



den 21 Aug. 
den 2 Aus:. 



Meteen licentie 
den 23 Jul. 

Met een lie. 
den 2 Aiig. 



Getrouwt tot N. 
Uj'trecht. 

Meteenlicentie 
den 9 A6g. 



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INGESCHRHVEN. GETROUWT. 

den 13 dicto. Marten Ddfrecke, J. m. Van Vranck- den 28 dicto. 

ryck, en Judithje Ban, Wed^ Van 

Onckel Michalje, beyde woonende 

alhier. 
den 21 dicto. Hendrick Van Hoven, j. m. Van Emb- den 3 Sept. 

den, en Martha Weydt, j. d. Uyt de 

Barbados, beyde woonende alhier. 
Eodem. Hans Kierstede, j. m. Van N. Yorck, den i Octob. 

en Dina Van Schayck, j. d. als boven, 

beyde woonende alhier. 
Eodem. Johannes Vredenburg, j. m. Van N. den 12 Sept, 

Yorck, en Johanna de LaMontagne, 

j. d. op Haerlem, beyde woonende 

alhier. 
den 28 dicto. John Davenport,], m. Van't lange EyP, Getrouwt te Ja- 

en Rebecca Waldron, j. d. Van N. maica. 

Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 
Eodem. Theiinis Dalce, j.m. Van N. Yorck, en Getrouwt lot 

Sara Vermclje, j. d. als boven, beyde Haerlem. 

woonende op N. Haerlem. 
den 18 Sept. David Cousart, j. m. Van Vlissingen, den 11 Octob. 

en Styntje Joris, j. d. Van N. Yorck, 

beyde woonende alhier. 
den 26 dicto. Richard Marlin, j. m., Mariner Uyt den 15 dicto. 

Engel', en Mary Anglisch, j. d. Uyt 

Yerlandt, beyde woonende alhier. 
Eodem. Ju Croi, Mariner, j. m. Uyt Engelant, den 11 dicto. 

en Elisabeth Portel, Wed* Van John 

Mone, beyde woonende alhier. 
den 10 Oct. Reynier Meynartszen, j. m. Van N. Met vertoog na 

Yorck, en Marritje Vlierboom, j. d. Hackensacq. 

Van Achter Kol, beyde woonende op 

Tappan. 
den 10 Oct. Matthys Boeckholt, Wed' V. Lysbeth den 25 Octob. 

Elswaert, en Magdalena Rutgers, 

Wed' V. Joris Walgraeff, beyde wo- 

nende tot N. Yorck. 
den II dicto. Johannes Nerbery, j. m. Van Amsterd., den 12 Nov. 

en Agnietje Provoost, j. d. Van N. 

Albanien, bevde wonende alhier. 
Eodem. Cornelis Pauliiszen, j. m. Van N. Alba- Getrouwt tot 

nien, en Jannetje Andries, j. d. Van Breuckelen. 

Breuckelen, d' Eerste wonende tot N. 

Yorck, en twede tot Breuckelen. 
den 13 dicto. Denys Janszen, j. m. Van Vlissingen, Vertrockenmet 

en Rachel Schuiirmans, j. d. Van vertoog naer 

Standfort, beyde woonende alhier. Haerlem. 

A° 1697. 

den 6 Jan. Johannes Vanderheyden, j. m., en Mary Meteenlicentie 

Woodent,j.d., beyde woonende alhier. den 6 Jan. 



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INGESCHREVEN. GETROCWT. 

den 22 dicto. Thomas Robbertszen, j. m. Van N. den 11 Febr. 
Thuyn, en Herniina Groenendael, 
Wed^ Van Jsaacq Bedlo, bevde woo- 
nende alhier. 

den 26 dicto. Abraham Kip, j. m. Van N, Yorck, en den 26 Jan. 

CataHna de Lanoy, Wed* Van Isaacq 
Van Vleck, beyde woonende alhier, 

den 12 Febr. Frans Boon, Wed"' Marritie Remmits, den 28 Febr. 

en Catharina Blanck, Wed' Van Jus- 
tus Ritvelt, beyde woonende alhier. 

Ecdem. Gerrit Vanderpoel, Wed"' Van Catharina Meteenlicentie 

Van Zanteii, en Debora Warron, j. d. den 12 Febr. 

Van N. Yorck, beyde woonende al- 
hier. 

Eodem. Jan Matsen, Wed' Van Mary Gray en den 5 Apr. 

Elisabeth Bockwits, Wed' Brayer 
Bockwits, beyde woonende alhier. 

den 27 Febr. Frans Gerbrantszen, j. m. Van Amster- den 25 Mart, 

dam en Elisabeth Wessels, j, d. Van 
N. Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 

den 3 April. Pieter Chavelier, Wed' Cornelia Bosch, den 3 April met 

'j. d. Van N. Yorke, beyde woonende een licentie. 
alhier. 

den 9 dicto. Isaacq Van Deursen, j. m. Van N. den 24 dicto. 

Yorke, en Metje Christiaens, j. d. als 
boven, beyde woonende alhier. 

den 10 dicto. Walter Heyer, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en den 2 May. 
Anna Vredenryck, j.d. Van N. Yorck, 
bevde woonende alhier. 

'l^:-' 16 dicto. Abraham Van Laer, j. m.Van N. Yorck, Eodem. 
V en Hester Davids, j. d. Van Amsterd., 
bevde woonende alhier. 

den 23 dicto. Justus Bosch, j. m.' Van N. Yorck, en den 13 dicto. 
Anneken Smith, j. d. Van Boswyck, 
beyde woonende alhier. 

den 30 dicto. Jacob Bradt, j. m. Van Albanien, en den 16 dicto. 
AeQe Everts, j. d. Van N. Yorck, 
beyde woonende alhier. 

den 8 Jun. Henricus Kip, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en den 10 Jun. 

Magdalena Van Vleck, j. d. Uyt Su- 
pra, bevde woonende alhier. 

d'.'n 18 dicto. Johannes 'janszen Bandt, j. m. Van N. Met vertoog 
Yorck, en Willemyntje Philips, j. d. omte trou- 
ut Supra, d' Eerste woonende alhier, wen. 
en twede op Pemmerops. 

Eodem. Jacob Salomons, Neger, j. m. Van N. den 9 Jul. 

Yorck, en Elisabeth Dee, j. d. Van 
Bloemendael, d' Eerste woonende al- 
hier, en twede op N. Uytrecht. 

den 23 dicto. Marcus Florentyn, en Anna Carlee, Meteenlicentie 
beyde woonende alhier. den 24 Jun. 



1.^0 



Records of the Reformed Duteh Church in N'ew York. [Julyj 



INOESCHRRVKN. 

den II Jiil. 



den 23 dicto. 



(684) 
Eodem. 



den 13 Aiig. 

den 3 Sept. 
den 18' dicto. 
den 23 dicto. 
den 26 dicto. 
den 8 Oct. 
den 10 diet, 
den 20 dicto. 

den 27 dicto. 

den 12 Nov. 
den 13 dicto 



GF.TROtJWT. 



Johannes Rycknian, j. m. Van N. Alba- 
nien, Catarina Kip, j. d. Van N. 
Yorck, d' Eerste woonende tot N, 
Albanie, en twede alhier. 

Thomas Ecker, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 
en Rachel Van Slechlenhorst, j, d, 
V^an Albanien, beyde woonende al- 
hier. 



den II Jill. 



den 10 Sept. 



Sei"vaes Vlierboom, j. m. Van Achter- den 22 Aiig. 

kol, en Geertruyd Le.sting, j. d. Van 

N, Albanien, woonende tot N. Yorck. 
D° Petriis Dailla, Frausch Predic' tot Meteenlicentie 

Boston, en Sytie Diiycking, Wed* den 13 Atig. 

Van Willem Symonszen Block, d' 

Eerste woonende tot Boston, en 

twede alhier. 
Jacob Fredricxen Bloni, j. m. Van N. den 23 Sept. 

Yorck, en MaV'ken Janszen Bosch, 

j. d. als boven, beyde woonende alhier. 
Johannes Lagrandje, j. in. Van N. Al- den 28 diet. 

banien, en Ytie Croesvert, J. d. Vali 

alhier, beyde woonende alhier. 
Jan Canon, j. m. op Staten Eylant, en 

Maria l^egrand, j. d. Van Casant tiyt 

Zeel', beyde woonende alhier. 
Sourt Olphertszen, Wed'' Van 



en Heyltje Pieters, Wed^ Van , 

beyde woonende alhier. 

Wolfert Webber, Junior, j. m. Van N. 
Yorck, en Grietje Jacobs, j. d. Van 
N. Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 

William Anderson en Debora de Mey- 
ert, Wed' Van Thomas Lynden, 
beyde woonende alhier. 

Benjamin Wynkoop, j. m. Van Kings- 
toiiwne, en Femmetje Van der Heul, 
j. d. Van N. Yorck, beyde woonende 
alhier. 

Augiistus Jay, j. m. Van Rochel, in 
Franckryck, en Anna Maria Bayard, 
j. d. Van N. \ oick, bevde woonende 
alhier. 

Stoffel Pels, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en 
Catalyntie 13entinck, j. d. Van N. Al- 
banien, beyde wonende tot N. Yorck. 

Jan Wei, Wed' Van Jsabel Angola, en 
Anne Marie Van Curacao, laest Wed" 
Van Francisciis de Angola, d' Eerste 
wonende op N. Yarsty, en twede aen 
de Groote Kill. 



Meteenlicentie 
den 26 Sept. 

den 29 Octob. 



Meteenlicentie 
den 10 Oct. 

Meteenlicentie 
den 21 dicto. 



Meteenlicentie 
den 28 dicto. 



den 28Novemb. 
den 5 Dec. 



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IKOESCHkKVSN 


(685) 

Eodem. 


den 3 Dec. 


den 10 diet. 


den 17 diet 


den 25 diet. 



GETROCWT. 



den 29 Jan. 
den II Mart. 
den 6 May. 

den 13 dicto. 
den 14 dicto. 

Eodem. 



(686) 
den 25 May. 



Eodem, 



den 26 dicto. 



Hendrick Meyer, j. m. Van N. Haerleni, 
en Wyntje Rhee, j. d. Van N. Yorck, 
beyde woonende tot N. Yorck. 

Johan Woodart, j. ni. Van N. Yorck, 
en Evas Winnet, j. d. Van N. Alba- 
nien, beyde woonende alhier. 

Peeck de Witt, j. m. Van Kings- 
toilwne, en Maryken Jans, j. d. Van 
N. Albanien, beyde woonende alhier. 

Anthony Salomons, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 
en Isabel Frans, j. d. als boven, 
beyde woonende alhier. 

Elsy Crosbe, j. m. Van Londen, en 
Elisabeth Benbroeck, j. d. als boven, 
beyde woonende alhier. 

A^ 1698. 



den 10 Dec. 



den 18 diet. 



A° 1698 den 2 
Jan. 

aen 4 dicto. 



Uytgestelt om 
redenen, en- 
nu getrouwt 
den o Mart.* 



Andries Abrahaniszen, j. m. Van N. den 16 Febr. 

Yorck, Jacomyntie VVanshaer, j. d. 

als boven, beyde woonende alhier. 
Walter Broiiws, j. m. Uyt Schotlar.dt, den 22 April. 

en Helena Bidset, j. d. als boven, 

beyde woonende alhier. 
Pieter Lakeman, j. m. Van Staten Eyl', den 6 May met 

en Jannetje Stavast, Wed' Van Evert een licentie. 

Wesselszen, D' Eerste wonende op t 

Staten EyI', entwede alhier. 
Pieter Chaigneaig, j. m. Van Rochel, den 29 May. 

en Aeltje Smit, Wed* Van Isacq Van 

Tilburg, beyde woonende alhier. 
Walter Halsbeth, Wed' Van Mary Bre- 

sert, en Elisabeth Toeker, laest Wed* 

Van Owens Johns, bejJde woonende 

alhier. 
Marcus Tiboitt, j. m. Van Gent in den 29 May tot 

Vlaenderen, en Aefje Cornelis, Wed. N. Haerlem. 

V. Jonas Lievenszen, bej^de tot N. 

Haerlem. 

Jacobiis Rollegom, j. ni. Van N. Yorck, den 26 May met 
en Eydia Derkins, j. d. als boven, een licentie. 
beyde woonende alhier. 

Johannes Van Tilbtirg, Wed"" Van Anna den 3 Aug. 
Maria Van Giesen, en Margrietje 
Jans, j. d. Van N. Yorck, beyde woo- 
nende alhier. 

Levinas de Windt, j. m. Van S' Eiista- den 26 May met 

' Postponed for certain reasons and now married on the 6th of March, 



I ■2 2 Records of the Reforfued Dutch Church in New York. [July, 



INGRSCHSnVKN. 

chius, en Ariaentie Moll, j. d. Van 
N. Yorck, beyde woonede alhier. 

den 27 dicto. Pieter Hendrickszen, j. m. Uyt Vries- 

landt, en Rachel Berckhoven, j. d. 
Van 't lange EyP, beyde wonende al- 
hier. 

den 3 Jun. Dirck UjHten Bogaert, j. m. Van N. 

Yorck, en Elisabeth Eckerszen, j. d. 
als boven, bevde woonende alhier. 

den 15 dicto. Jan Hoogteling, j. m. Van , en 

Mary Colevelt, j. d. Van N. Yorck. 

den 2 Jul. Abraham Weybrantszen, j. m. Van Cu- 

racao, en Grietje de Groot, j. d. Van 
N. Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 

den 27 dicto. Johannes Joosten, j. ni. Van N. Yorck, 
en Judith Verwey, j. d. Van N. Alba- 
nien, beyde woonende alhier. 

den 12 Aug. ~ Pieter Waldron, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en 
Tryntie Van der Berg, j. d. Van N. 
Albanien, beyde woonende alhier. 

den 26 diet. I^aurens Heddig, j. m. Van Amsterdam, 

en Hanna Colevelt, j. d. Van N. 
Yorck, beyde wonende alhier. 

den 27 dicto. Matthys Loiiw,' j. m. , en Jan- 

netje Heyning, j. d. Van N. Yorck, 
beyde woonende alhier. 

den 30 dicto. Willem Wallen, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 
en Mary Santfordt, j. d. als boven, 
bevde woonende alhier. 
(687) ' . 

den 9 Sept. Hendnck Bosch, Junior, j. m. Van N. 

Yorck, en Maria Van der Beek, j. d. 
Van N. Yorck, beyde woonende al- 
hier. 

den 19 dicto. Iden Theimissen, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 
en Anna Liicas, j. d. Van Albanien, 
d' Eerste woonende alhier, en twe- 
de tot N. Albanien. 

den 30 dicto. Hendrick Metselaer, j. m. Van N. 

Yorck, en Johanna Clara Ej^ck, j. d. 
Van Schenectade, beyde woonende 
alhier, 

den 25 Octob. Bernardus Smith, j. m. Van Boschwyck, 
en Elsje Meyers, j. d. Van N. Yorck, 
beyde woonende alhier. 

den 25 Nov. Gerrit Heyer, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en 

Saertje Bosch, 3. d. Uyt Supra, beyde 
woonende alhier. 

den 5 Decemb. Thomas Shermer, Wed' Van Francis 
Waerdt, en Aefje Jacobs, j. d. tot N. 
Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 



CKTROUWT. 



een licentie. 
den 5 Jun. 

den 24 diet. 



den 1 5 dicto met 

een licentie. 
den 25 diet. 



den 21 Aug. 
den 9 Sept. 
den II dicto. 



den I Sept. met 
een licentie. 

den 7 dicto met 
een licentie. 



den 30 Sept. 



den 8 Oct. 



den 16 diet. 



den 30 dicto 
met een li- 
centie. 

den 1 4 Decemb. 

den 27 dic'o. 



i88o.j Records of St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. I. 13-7 



RECORDS OF ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, HEMPSTEAD, L. I., 
FROM JUNE 5, 1725.— Marriages. 



Communicated by Benjamin D. Hicks, Esq. 



" This Book was given to the Parish of Hempstead by Theodorus 
Van Wyck Esq Justice of the Peace in the said Parish." 

"A register of marriages beginning in June 1725, Robert Jenny being 
Rector of the Parish." * 

1725- 

Sep. 5. Nehemiah Spraggs &: Phebe Southord. B. 

Sep. 26. John Reynolds & Hannah Sutton. B. 

" " Solomon Southard & Phebe Wood. B. 

Jan. 9. At Oyster Bay, Joseph Thornicraft & Martha White. B. 



1726. 

April 4. At Oyster Bay, John Lattine & Martha Coles. I. 

July 17. At Oyster Bay, John Handerson & Anne Prime. B. 

Aug. 5. Caleb Carman & Mary Southard. B. 

Aug. 10. George Bates & Grace Elderd. L. 

Aug. 21. At Oyster Bay, John Pine & Grace Carman. B. 

" " William King & Mary Slait. L. 

Aug. 25'. John Place & Elizabeth Mudgen. B, 

Sep. 10. Peter De Milt & Phebe Volentine. ' B 

Oct. 9. Henry Strange, of Rye, N. Y., & Elizabeth Kissam, alias 

Locassam. E 
Oct. 19. William Dennis, of Huntington, L. I., & Mary Alburtson, 

of Oyster Bay, L. I. B, 

Oct. 23. At Oyster Bay, Volentine Worden & Deborah Lattine. B. 

Oct. 30. Hicks Seaman & Elizabeth Barnes. L. 

Nov. 6. John Reynour & Elizabeth Combes. L, 

Nov. II. Josias Smith & Rebecca Foreman. B, 

Dec. 23. William Cornell «S: Charity Doughty, of Flushing. L, 

Dec. 26. Elias Cornell, of Oyster Bay, & Elizabeth Smith. B, 
Jan. 13. Tristrim Dodge, of Oyster Bay, & Sarah Hogsost, of 

Oyster Bay. L 
Feb. 6. William Miles, of Oyster Bay, & Mary Deane, of Oyster 

Bay. 

Mar. ro. Jacob Carle & Merian Williams. B 

Mar. 21. At Oyster Bay, Ebenezer Thomas & Sarah Carter. B. 



L. 



♦[Unless otherwise noted, the ceremony of marriage took place at Hempstead, and the parties resided at 
Hempstead. The letters L. and B. indicate that the marriage was by License, or, after due pubhcaUon 
of the Banns. '\ 

9 



July 


9. 


July 


20. 


July 


30- 


Aug. 


12. 


Aug. 


13- 


Aug. 


25- 


Sep. 


II. 


Sep. 


21. 


Oct. 


22. 


Nov. 


12. 


Dec. 


25- 


Feb. 


8. 


Feb. 


9- 


Mar. 


7- 


Mar. 


17- 



April 


I. 


April 


9- 


April 


28. 


May 


20, 


May 


27. 


June 


9- 


June 


19. 


July 


23- 


Aug. 


3- 


Aug. 


25- 


Aug 


28. 


Sep. 


3- 


Sep. 


9 


Sep. 


12. 



L, 



1 34 Records of St. George's Church., Hetnpsiead, Z. L [J^^^fr 



1727, 

April II. Thomas Sn->}th & Mary Yeomans. L. 

May 15. William Tolliffe & Mary Shepherd. _ L, 

May 25. Nehemiah Dean, of- Oyster Bay, & Mary Cornelius, of 

Oyster Bay. B. 

May 30. Uriah Piatt, of Huntington, & Mary Smith. L. 

June 10. John By Vauk, of N. Y. City, & Sarah Haviland. I>- 
June 23. Thomas I.iscomb, of Smithtown, L. I., and Mary Smith, 

of Smithtown, L. I. — 
ime 23. James Stringhara, of Flushing, & Mary Cornell, of Flush- 
ing. 

Benjamin Hall & Phebe Llewelh«. B. 

Elias Clapp, of Rye, N. Y., & Ruth Allen. L. 
Robert Carpenter, of Pv-ye, N. Y., & Elizabeth Carpenter, 

of Oyster Bay. B. 

Thomas Langdon & Mary Alburtiss. I- 

Daniel Comes & Maiy Monsee. B, 

Benjamin Treadwel! & Phebe Piatt, of Hnntington, L. 

Robert Wilson & Sarah Foreman. B, 
Abram LlewelHn, of Rye, N. Y., & Hannah Tatham, 

of Flushing. L. 
Matthew Shoes, of Maryland. & Mary Youngs, of Oyster 

Bay. ' B. 

Barent Van Wyck & Hannah Careman, L, 

, John Hubbs, of Oyster Bay, & Elizabeth Volentine, L. 

William Alexander, of Jamaica, & Mary Lester. B. 

Thomas MuUinder & Mary Frances. B. 

7. John Petit & Elizabeth Manwaring, B. 

17. John Lennington & Hannah Carle. B. 



1728. 

William Nicols & Sarah Embree, B. 

Daniel Bedel & Mary Totten. B, 

Benjamin Cornell & Deborah Dean, of Flushing. L. 
Joseph Carpenter, of Oyster Bay, & Sarah Lattine, of 

Oyster Bay. I>. 

Samuel Mott & Martha Smith. L, 
Obadiah Volentine & Martha Thurston. " L. 

Jacob Volentine & Sarah Downing, of Oyster Bay, L. 

William Totten & Sarah Bates. B. 

Samuel Bedel & Jeasperance Johnston. B. 

John Morris & Amy Hubbs, of Oyster Bay, L. 

Edward Verity & Hannah Seaman. B. 
At Oyster Bay, John Aspenwal, of New York, & Sarah 

Sands, of Oyster Bay. L. 

John Hewlett & Hannah Jackson. B. 

Thomas Baker & Sarah Peet. B, 

Aaron Place & Martha Combs. B. 



i88o.] Records of St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. I. i -.r 

Oct. 9. Robert Weeks, of Oyster Bay, & Jerusah Lewis, of Oyster 

Bay- B, 

Oct. 12. James Boast & Elizabeth Peet. B, 

Oct. 13. John Seaman & Martha Verity. B. 
Dec. f . Samuel Lounsberry, of Rye, N. Y., & Hannah Carpenter, 

of Oyster Bay. ]}, 
Dec.^ 7. William Walters, of Oyster Bay, & Mary Losee, of Oyster 

Bay. _ L. 

Dec. 20. John Sprong & Patience Langdon. I.. 
Dec. 22. At Oyster Bay, Michael Matthews, of Oyster Bay, & 

Hannah Barns, of Oyster Bay. B. 
Dec. 25. Obadiah Hiclnnan, of Flushing, & Elizabeth Wiggins, of 

Jamaica. L. 

Dec. 29. Robert Sutton & Phebe Smith. L. 

Jan. 19. John Johnston & Sarah Verity. B. 

Jan. 24. Revmouran Townsend, of Oyster Bay, & Mary Allen. B. 

Jan. 25. Silas Smith & Catherine Smith. \j. 

Feb. 6. Joseph Hall & Mary Pine. B. 

Feb. 14. Joseph Denton & EUzabeth Smith. L. 



1729. 

May 5. Jonathan Carle & Martha Allen. B. 
May II. William Thornicraft, of Oyster Bay, & Ruth Carpenter, 

of Oyster Bay, B. 
May 22. Joseph Cooper, of Oyster Bay, & Mary Wright, of Oyster 

Bay. L. 

May 23. Solomon Symmons & Susanna Pettit. E. 

May 27. John Castine & Alice Critman. — 

June 12. John Eow, of Oyster Bay, & Dinah Dean, of Oyster Bay. B. 

June 27. John Totten & Elizabeth Baldwin. B. 

June 29. John Eangdon & Anne Carman. — 
July 5. Amos Wood, of Huntington, & Mercy Pratt, of Oyster 

Bay. E. 

July 6. John Wooly & Hannah Allen. \... 

July 21, David Daton, of Brookhaven, & Eunice Chancey. L. 
Aug. 12. Aaron Smith, of Oyster Bay, & Elizabeth Coles, of Oyster 

Bay. B. 
Sep. I. Richard Carney, of Oyster Bay, & Hannah P3ull, of 

Oyster Bay. B. 

Sep. 3. Richard Baker & Martha May. E. 

Sep. 24. Henry Disburry, of Mamarineck, & Hannah Barker. L. 
Oct. 23. Cornelius Barnes, of Oyster Bay, & Marsy Teller, of 

Oyster Bay. B. 

Nov. 12. Joseph Reyner & Deborough Totten. B. 

Nov. 22. Peter Lott, of Rye, & Sarah Halstead, of Oyster Bay^ B. 
Dec. 7. At Oyster Bay, Hesekiah Holdrige, of Oyster Bay, & 

Mary Taylor. B. 
Dec. 20. Christopher Isonhart, of Flushing, & Sarah Stringhain, 

of Flushing. L. 

Jan. 16. Adam Symmons & Hannah Pine. L. 



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[J"iy. 



Jan. 29. John Baker & Elizabeth Francis. 
Feb. 4. Daniel Carpenter & Sarah Hall. 
Mar. 12. Peter Ba-ker & Mary Peet. 
Mar. 14. Robert Mitchel & Hannah Cornel. 



B. 
B. 
B. 
L. 



Mar. 


30. 


April 


19. 


Ma)' 


7- 


May 


14. 


May 


23- 


May 


3°- 


June 


II. 


June 


19. 


July 


23- 


Sep. 


2. 


Sep. 


7. 


Sep. 


12. 


Sep. 


24. 


Sep. 


25- 


Oct. 


11. 


Oct. 


17. 


Oct. 


26 



Oct. 30. 

Nov. 8. 

Nov. 24. 

Dec. 16. 
Dec. 20. 

Jan. 10. 

Jan. II. 
Jan. 29. 
Feb. 9. 
Mar. 10. 

Mar. 16. 
Mar. 20. 

Mar. 20. 



1730. 

William Bayley, & Hannah Everett, of Jamaica. B. 

Cap't Soloman Symmons & Mary Linnington. L. 

Thomas Foster & Hannah Langdon. B. 

Henry Southard & Phebe Totten. B. 

Stephen Chapel & Mary Frances. B. 

Jackamiah Mitchel & Elizabeth Jones. L. 

Daniel Searing & Sarah Coe. L. 

Abel Smith & Ruth Jackson. L. 

Patrick Caryl & Mariana Mott. B. 

John Mott & Hannah Youngs. ' B. 

Timothy Smith, of Jamaica, & Margaret Hendrickson. B. 

William Pigeon & Susanna Seamens. B. 

Moses Van Alstine & Abigail Pearsall. L. 

James Lawrence, of Flushing, & Phebe Valentine. L. 

James Hugins & Martha Oldfield. B. 

Jotham Townsend, Esq., of Oyster Bay, & Anne Kyssam. L. 

Soloman Powell & Ruth Carman. L. 

Thomas Chrondle, of Oyster Bay, & Elinour Hall, of 

Oyster Bay. B. 

Thomas Townsend, of Oyster Bay, & Abigail Youngs, of 

Oyster Bay. B. 

Sampson Cruger, of Oyster Bay, & Margritta Losee, of 

Oyster Bay. L. 

Samuel Seaman & Isabella Allen. B. 

Wright Coles, of Oyster Bay, & Sarah Birdsell, of Oyster 

Bay. ' L. 

John Parent, of Qyster Bay, & Amy Mott, of Oyster 
" Bay. 

David Betty & Abigail Jackson. 
At Oyster Bay, William Frost, of Oyster Bay, & Susannah 

Coles, of Oyster Bay. 
Abijah Sands^ of Oyster Bay, & Hannah Warren, of 

Oyster Bay. 
Jonathan Pine & Dorithy Oldfield. 
Cieorge Scot & Abigail Hunt. 
George Smith & Sarah Brass, of Oyster Bay. 
Jeremiah Lownsberry, of Rye, & Phebe Thornycraft, of 

Oyster Bay. 
William Valentine & Rebeckah Baldwin. 
Timothy Horsefied, of Brookland, «& Mary Doughty, of 

Flushing. 
Joseph Seaman & Sarah Bartoe. 



B. 
L. 



L. 

B. 
B. 
B. 

B. 
L. 

L-. 
L. 



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137 



RECORDS OF THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH IN THE 
CITY OF NEW YORK.— Baptisms. 



(Continued from Vol. XL, p. 41, of The Record.J 



[1689 Sept.] 
den 8, diet. 

Eodem. 

den 15 diet. 

Eodem. 
den 18 diet. 

den 24 diet. 

Eodem. 

den 23 diet. 

Eodem. 
Eodem. 

den 6 Oet. 

Eodem. 
den 9 diet. 
den 13 diet. 

den 16 diet, 
den 20 diet. 
Eodem. 
Eodem. 



OUDERS. KINDERS. 

Thomas Koeek, Har- Sara. 

mentje Dircks. 
Laurens Thomaszen, Thomas. 

Catharina Lievens, 
Wiljam Pleay, obyt, Sara. 

Sara Breser. 

Albertus Riiigo, Jan- Pieter. 
neken Stoutenbursf. 



GETUYGEN. 

Joost Kiiyekuyt, Annetje 

Kuyler. 
Thomas Laiirenszen Po- 

pinga, Geesje Barens. 
Pieter Janszen Messuer, 
M"^' Samuel Staets, Jo- 
hanna RejMiders. 
Lucas Stoutenbiirg, Adri- 
aentie CorneHs. ' 
Samuel Pell, Debora Samuel Pell, op de Belydenisse Syns 
Willjams. oudt 21^ geloofs.* 

Jaren. 



Gysbert Van Jms- Pieter. 

biirg, Janneken 

Messuer. 
Jonathan Provoost, David, 

Catharina Van der 

Veen. " 
Johannes Van der Sara. 

Spiegel, Maria Le- 

ursen. 
Daniel Waldron, Sara Catharina. 

R<itgers. 
Johannes Jansz. V. Jannetje. 

Luisthout, Albert- 

je Barents. 
Willjam Nicols, Anna Maria. 

Van Renselaer. 

Johannes Martelyns, Pieter. 

Aeltje Jans. 
Isaacq Van Vleek, Tieleman. 

Catalina de Lanoy. 
Petrus de Mill, Ma- Elisabeth. 

ria Van der heul. 



Jan Evvoutszen, Lys- Anneken 

beth Pluvier. 
Gerrit Cosynszen, Maryken, 

Belitie Thomas. 
Matthys Broiiwer, Annetie. 

Marritie Pieters. 
Cornelis Jacobszen Sara. 

Verduyn, Sara Van 

Feurden. 

* Baptised upon confession of faith 



Pieter Janszen Messuer, 
Marritje Willems. 

Jillis Provoost, Anna Mau- 
rits. 

Carsten Leursen, Geertie 
Luick. 

Jan de La Montagtie, Ca- 
tharina Van Cortlant. 

Barent Janszen Bosch, 
Jannetje Barents. 

De H' Stephanus Van 
Cortlant, Major Brant 
Schuyler, Maria Nicols. 

Pieter Legrand, Janne- 
ken de Windel. 

Jacob Phanix, Cornelia 
de Lanoy. 

Abraham Janszen Van der 
hetil. Marten Clock, 
Sara de Mill. 

Johannes Coiiwenhoven, 
Hester Pluvier. 

Benjamin Slades, Marye 
Slades. 

Willem Nazareth, Helena 
Brouvver. 

Hendrick Van Feurden, 
Sara Van Feiirden. 



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[4571 
Eodem. 

Eodem. 

Eodeni. 

Eodem. 

den 27 d. 

Eodem. 

den 30 d. 
den 5 Nov. 

den 10 diet. 
Eodeni. 

Eodem. 
den 13 diet. 
Eodem. 
Eodem. 

den 17 d. 
Eodeni. 

Eodem. 

den 20 d. 
den 24 d. 

Eodem. 



OUDERS. KINDERS. 

Isaaq de Peyster, Cornelia. 

Maria Van Baten. 
Jan Meet, Grietie Pieter. 

Mandeviel. 
Jacob Van Gesel, Anna Ca- 

Geertrtiyd Reyni- tharina. 

ers. 
Pieter Willemsz. Maria. 

Room, Hester Van 

Gelder. 
Tobias Stoutenbiirg, Jan. 

Annetje Rollegom. 

Dirck Fransz. V. Anna. 

dyck, Urseltje 

Jans. 
Andries Grevenraet, Catharina. 

Anna Van Brusf. 



GETUYGEN. 

Francois Rombout, Cor- 
nelia de Peyster. 

Pieter Meet, Elsje Man- 
deviel. 

Reynier Willems, Hen- 
drick Boelen, Femmet- 
je Keck. 

Jan Willemszen Room, 
Lysbeth Van Gelder. 

Jan Joosten Van Rolle- 
gom, Jannetje Stouten- 
burg. 

Johannes Van Giesen, 
Anna Kuyler. 

Thomas Lambertszen, 
Elisabeth Rodenburg. 



Jan Willemszen Roo- Hendrickje, Gerrit Bastiaenszen, Hes- 



men, Maria Basti- 

aens. 
Lambert Arentszen, Cornelis. 

Margrietie Geirits. 
Abraham Santvoort, Jacob. 

Vrountie Van Hoo- 

ren. 
Pieter Van Brug, Sa- Catharina. 

ra Ctiyler. 
Gerrit Bastiaenszen, Bastiaen. 

Tryntie Thyssen. 
Theunis de Key, He- Johannes. 

lena Van Brug. 
Gerrit Gerritsz. Y)\x- Annetje. 

jon, Neeltje Pie- 

ters. 



ter Van Gelder. 

Hendrick Leendertszen, 
Ariaentje Cornelis. 

Isaack Van Vleek, Anna 
Maria Van Hooren. 

Hendrick Kuyler, Catha- 
rina Rodenburg. 

Jan Hendrickszen, Cata- 
lyntie Thyssen. 

Pieter Van Brug, Agniet- 
je de Key. 

Hermamis Gerritszen, 
Gerrit Gerritszen Du- 
jon. Senior, Pietertje 



Idens. 
Elias Post, Marritje Lodovvyck. Adriaen Bogaerdt, Annet- 

Cornelis. je Wessels. 

Pieter Willemszen Frederick. Evert Aertszen, Catharyn 

Van der Schtieren, 

Sara Fredricx. 
Jaspar Nissepadt, Margrietje. 

Mechtelt de Rie- 



Fredricx. 
Susanna de Riemer. 



mer. 
Siboiit Hercxen, Mar- Jan. 

ritje Abrahams. 
Pieter Jansz. V. Til- Frans. 

burg, Lysbeth 

Frans. 
Robbert Walter, Ca- Maria. 

tharina Levdsler. 



Jacobus de Key, Anneken 

Hercx. 
Jan Teuniszen Van Til- 
b(arg, Maryken Frans. 

Jacob Leydsler, Susanna 
Leydsler. 



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139 



/ 



den 29 diet. 

[458] 
den I Dec 



den 15 diet. 

Eodem. 
den 22 diet. 



Eodem, 
den 26 diet. 



OUDERS, KINDERS. 

Sj'mon Breestede, Catharina. 

Janneken Van 

Laer. 
Nicolaes Gerritszen, Raehel, 

Maryken RoUe- 

gom^ 
Andries Breedstede, Mary. 

Anna Van Borsum. 



Bartholomeusse 
Roux, Geertriiyd 
Van Rollegom, 

Jaeob Teller, Christi- 
na Wessels. 

Caspar Pietersz. Me- 
vi, Lysbeth Schuer- 
nians. 



Sara. 
Charles. 



VVillem. 
Pieter. 



A"* 1690. 

den I Jan. Barent Lievenszen, Anthony. 

Johanna Van der 

poel. 
■den 8 diet. Isaacq Kip, Sara de Anthony. 

Mill. 
den 12 dieto. Leendert Lievens- Geesje. 

zen, Elisabeth Har- 

denberg. 
den 15 dieto. Brant Schuyler, Cor- Johannes. 

nelia V. CortP. 
den 19 dieto. Johannes Van der Wyntie. 

Vorst, Annetje 

He rex. 
den 22 diet. Hendrick Kermer, Maryken. 

Annetje Thomas. 

den 26 dieto. Jan Willemszen, Lys- Margrietie. 
beth Fredriex. 

den 30 dieto. Tobias ten Eyck, Adriaen. 

Lysbeth Hegenian. 
den 2 Febr. John Sprat, Maria de John. 

Peyster. 
den 12 dieto. Herman Arentsz. de Jan. 

Grau, Styntie Jans. 

den 16 dieto. Jaeob Van Tilburg, Trj-ntie. 
(kietje Kermer. 

Eodem. Henricus Greven- Elsje. 

raedt, Sara San- 
derson. 



GETUYGEN. 

Johannes Van Laer, Ca- 
tharina Van Laer. 

Bartholemeus Reeek, 

Geertruyd Van Rolle- 
gom. 

de H' Jaeob Lydsler, Els- 
je Lydsler. 

Johanna Edsal. 

Jan Joosten V. Rolle- 
gom, Tryntie Jans. 

Franeoys Rombout, Hel- 
ena Teller. 

Jeremias Hagenaer, 

Aeeht Jans. 



Leendert Lievenszen, Ca- 
tharina Van der poel, 
Maryken abeel. 

Isaacq de Mill, Maryken 
Van der heul. 

Gerrit Hardenberg, Gees- 
je iJevens. 

Jaeob{is Van Cortlant, 
Catharina Van Cortlant. 
Jacobus de Key, Wyntie 
Theiinis. 

Robbert Sinclaer, Gerrit 
Dilv'cking, Maryken 
Diiveking. 

Fredrick Arentszen, De 
H' Jacob Leydsler, 
Margrietie Pieters. 

Coenraedt ten Eyck, Adri- 
aen tje Hegemans. 

Isaacq de Peyster, Catha- 
rina de Peyster. 

Jan Dirckszen, Maryken 
Hendricks Van der 
hoogen. 

Jan Janszen Van Tilburg, 
Tryntie Jans. 

Jan Herbardinck, Anna 
Van Brug. 



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den 22 dicto. 

[459] 
den 28 diet. 

Eodem. 



Eodem. 
den 2 Mart, 
den 21 diet. 
Eodem. 
Eodem. 
Eodem. 
den 2 Apr. 
Eodem. 
den 6 diet. 
Eodem. 
Eodem. 
Eodem. 
den II Apr. 

den 13 dicto. 
Eodem. 
den 18 diet. 

Eodem. 

den 20 d 

Eodem. 

[460]. 
den 4 May 



OUDERS. 

Isaacq de Riemer, 

Alida Wessels. 
Theunis Corneliszen, 

Annetje Claes. 
Leendert Htiygen, 

Magdaleentje Wol- 

sing. 
Jan DiiTourt, Jan- 

netje Jans. 
Hendrick Gerritszen, 

Marritje Waldrons. 
Seger Corneliszen, 
Femmetje Laurens. 
Henry Breser, Mary- 
ken Joris. 
Willem Nasarets, 

Helena Broiiwers. 
Wier Epkens, Gerri- 

tie Maudeviel. 
Johannes Jurekszen, 

Janneken Derret. 
Jan Direkszen, Cata- 

lina Clopper. 
Jacob Boelen, Catha- 

rina Klock. 
Barent Waldron, Jan- 
neken Jans. 
Jan Willemszen, 

Tryntie Hendricx. 
Jan Corszen, Metje 

Cray. 
Hendrick Wesselszen 

ten Broeck, Janne- 
. ken Breedstede. 
Urbanus Thomaszen, 

Maryken Sehoiiten. 
Huybert Gerritszen. 



Hendrick Boelens- 
zen, Anneken Cour- 
ten. 
Daniel Veenvos, Rebecca. 

Christina Jacobs. 
Isaac Van Boeck, Arent. 

Anna Popelar. 
Jacobus Ver Hulst, Abraham 
Maryken Bennet. Isaac. 

David Hendrickszen, David. 
Annetje Borgers. 

* No witnesses but the mother. 



KINDERS. 


GJ,TUYGEN. 


Petrus. 


Pieter de Riemer, Susan- 




na de Foreest. 


Cornells. 


Pieter Jacobszen, Neeltje 




Cornelis. 


Barent. 


De H' Jacob Eeydsler, 




Elsje Thymens. 


Jannetje. 


Willem Janszen, Marie 




Jans. 


Abraham. 


Lambert Ariaenszen, An- 




netje Waldron. 


Benjamin. 


Niesje Huypkens. 


Geesje. 


Wydt Timmer, Willemtje 




Gysberts. 


Lysbelh. 


Pieter Le grand, Anneken 




Brouvvers. 


Jacob. 


David Maudeviel, Grietie 




Maudeviel. 


Willem. 


Pieter Van der Schueren, 




Sara Fredricx. 


Heyltie. 


Soert Olphertszen, Mar- 




grietje Cloppers. 


Jacob. 


Dirck ten Eyck, Lysbeth 




Van der heul. 


Belitje. 


Samtiel Waldron, Grietje 




Plettenburg. 


Jan. 


Geen getuygen dan de 




Moeder.* 


Jacoblis. 


Theunis de Key, Cathari- 




na der Val. 


Maria. 


Jan Harberdinck, Geer- 




truyd Breedstede. 


Johannes. 


Gerrit Holla, Neeltje tJr- 




banus. 


Huybert. 


Vincent Montagnie, 




Neeltje . 


Abraham. 


Jacob Boelenszen, Tr3>nt- 




je Boelen. 



Jacob Claeszen Groes- 

beeck, Anna Jacobs. 
Arent Isacszen, Johanna 

Van Spyck. 
Willem en Jacob Bennet, 

Maria Badie, Ariaentje 

Van de Water. 
Gerrit Holla, Susanna 

Thomas. 



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Eodeni. 
den 1 1 diet, 
den I Jiui. 
Eodem, 
Eodem. 

den 9 diet. 

den 22, 
Eodem. 
Eodem. 
den 29 d. 

den 2 Jul. 

den 6 diet, 
den 13 diet. 

Eodem. 

den 23 d. 

Eodem. 

den 8 Aug. 

[461] 
den 10 diet. 

Eodem. 

Eodem. 

Eodem, 

den 13 diet. 



OUDERS. 

Jsaac de Mill, Sara 
Joosten. 

Willem Anthony, Ma- 
ria Klerck. 

Matthys Franszen, 
Geertie Lamberts. 

Rodgert Parker, 

doot,* Sophia Jans. 

Evert Hendrickszen, 
Metje Harden- 
broeek. 

Bennony Ctirlaer, 
Lysbeth Van der 
Poel. 

Jan Carelszen, Hele- 
na Rustenburg. 

Harmaniis Borger, 
Grietje Carstens. 

Victor Bicker, Claes- 
je Blanck. 

Evert Van Hoeck, 
Johanna Van Spyck. 



KINDERS. 

Christina. 

Annetje. 

Franeyntie. 

Rodgert. 

Hendrick. 

Alida. 

Jbel. 
Warnard. 
Catharina. 
Geertruydt. 



De H"" Cap' Anthony Judith. 

brockholt, Susanna 

Schrick. 
Cornelis Dircxszen, Dirck. 

Cornelia Bogardtis. 
Samuel Pell, obyt, Samtiel. 

Hester Bordings. 

Isaaeq Stephenszen, Elsebeth. 

Margariet Van der 

Veen. 
Marten Kregier, Jan- Samuel. 

neken Hendricx. 
Cornelis Michielszen, Neeltje. 

Niefje Ysbiants. 
Adam Winnt, Anna Rachel. 

Loockermans. 
John Clerek, Anna Sara. 

Jans. 
Jan Piroo, Metje Maria. 

Meby. 
Jan Sipkens, Resje Joris. 

Borgers. 
Pieter Jacobszen de Rachel. 

Groot, Belitje Van 

Schayck. 
VViljam Churger, Su- Charel. 

sanna Breser. 

• Deceased. 



GETUVGEN. 

Isaaeq Kip, Anna de Mill, 
Maryken Jans. 

Jacob Corn. Stille, Ari- 
aentje Jans. 

Theunis Franszen, Tryn- 
tie Breedstede. 

Joost Balding, Catharina 
* Laurens. 

Gerrit Hendrickszen, Ca- 
tharina Hardenbroeck. 

Leendert Van der Poel, 
D"^ Gidion Schaets, Ca- 
tharina Van der Poel. 

Lucas Tienhoven, Tryntie 
Meynarts. 

Claes Borger, Magdalena 
Carstens, 

Jf^!'^^^" I Blanck. 
Catharma ) 

Arent Isacszen Van 
Hoeck, Janneken Le 
grand. 

Samuel Bayard, Capt. Ga- 
briel Monvielle, Maria 
Verleth, Judith Verleth. 

Willem Bogardus, Wal- 
burg Sylla. 

M' Liicas Van Tienhoven, 
Willem Pell, Susanna 
Bordings. 

De H' Jacob Leydsler, 
Catharina Walter. 

Johannes de Peyster, An- 
na Banckers. 

Ysbrant Elderts, Mairitie 
Tilbiirg. 

Brandt Schuyler, Cathari- 
na Van Ccrtlnnt. 

Willem Janszen Room, 
Petronella de Wit. 

Hendrick Jacobszen, Lys- 
beth Forman. 

Joris Borger, Lysbeth 
Lubbert. 

Johannes Thomaszen, 
Cornelia Van Schayck. 

Abraham Breser, Aeltie 
Breser. 



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OUDERS. KINDERS. 

den 17 diet. Jan Ariaenszen Zip, Margariet. 

Johanna Van der 

Vorst. 
den 20 diet. Willem Peers, Grietje Rachel 

Kiersen. 

Eodem. Jan Hvbon, Geer- Jacob, f | 

* truyd Breedstede. Rachel. X ^ 

den 27 diet Gerrit Wynantszen Wynant. 

Van der Poel, Ca- 

tharina Van Sant. 
den 31 diet. Jeuriaen Nagel, Jan- Benjamin. 

neken Philips. 

den 6 Sept. JanThomaszen,Apol- Maria, / S 
Ionia Corn. Quick. Anna. 



Eodem. Claes Borger, Sara Maryken. 

Bedloo. 
den 8 dicto. Hieronymus Van Wilhelmus. 

Bommel, S&sanna 

Moll. 
Eodem. Jan Janszen Moll, Aefje. 

Engeltje Abrahams, 
den 15 diet. Marcelis Pieterszen, Ide. 
■ Pietertje Van der 

Vorst. 
Eodem. Abraham Ackerman, Johannes. 

Aeltje Van Laren. 

den 1 8 diet. Conradus Van der Anna Mar- 
Burg, Elsje Jans. . gariet. 

den 21 diet. Anthony Van Catharina. 

Schayck, Maryken 
Spitsenberry. 

den 24 diet. Bosehman Bonde- Lyntie. 
wyns, Sara Hautko- 
pers. 
[462] 

den 28 Sept. Pieter Meyer, Baet- Lysbeth. 
je Jans. 

Eodem. WandelWessels, Lys- Cornelis. 

beth Cornelis. 

den 5 Oct. Willem Brouwer, Lys- Catharyn. 
beth Simpsons. 

Eodem. Johannes Kip, Catha- Hans, 

rina Kierstede. 

* Twins. 



GETUYGEN. 

Cornelis Van der Vorst, 
Vrouwtje Van der 
Vorst. 
Hendriek Janszen Van 
Feurden, ApoUonia 
Cornelis. 
Wouter Breedstede, Geer- 
truj-dt Barents, Barent 
Hybon, Marritje Breed- 
stede. 
Wynnnt Van der Poel, 
Isaaeq Abrahamszen, 
Janneken Jans. 
Barent Flaesbeeck, Mar- 
ritje Hendriex. 
Hendriek Janszen Van 
Feurden, Sara Van Feur- 
den, Albert Leenderts- 
zen, Graeuw, Janneken 
Van Feurden. 
M^ Pieter de Lanoy, Ma- 
ryken Bedloo. 
Pieter de Rienier, Engelt- 
je Hercks. 

Wilhelm Abrahamszen, 
Lysbeth Sehuurman. 

Andries Meyer, Vrouwtie 
Van der Vorst. 

Jacobus Kindt, Anneken 

Ackerman, in jilaets van 

Geertie Egberts. 
Jan Fredrixzen, Maria 

Bennet. 
Levinnus Van Schayck, 

Jan Lansing, Johanna 

Lievens. 
Frans Goderus, Huybert 

Bondewyns, Aletta Van 

Hertsbergen, Lyntie 

Bosehman. 
Gerrit Hellaken, Susanna 

Thomas. 
Jacobus Kip, Marritie 

Cornelis. 
Barent Janszen, Marritje 

Brouwers. 
Willem Teller, J^inior, 

Rachel Kip. 



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143 



Eodem. 
den 12 diet. 
Eodem. 
den 19 diet. 
Eodem. 

Eodem. 
dtw 26 diet. 
Eodem. 
den 30 Oct. 
den 2 Nov. 
Eodem. 

Eodem. 
den 9 diet. 

Eodem. 

Eodem. 

[463] . 
den 12 diet. 

den 16 diet. 

Eodem. 

Eodem. 
den 2-3 diet, 
den 28 diet. 



OUDERS. KINDERS, 

Johannes Joriszen, Lea. 

Alida Jaeobiis. 
Leendert Arentszen, Willem. 

Janneken Willeny. 
Bakiis Bar. V. Clyek, Laurens. 

Tryntie Buys. 
Nathaniel Bayly, Elias. 

Margariet Obee. 
GerritDuyeking, Ma- Neeltie. 

ria Abeel. 

Albert Cloek, Tryntie Tryntie. 

Abrahams. 
Hieronymus Rappal- Cornelis. 
j e, Annetj e Thomas. 
Jan Peeek, Lysbeth Gysbert. 

Van Imburg. 
Isaeq de Peyster, Cornelia. 

Maria Van Balen. 
David Befoor, Lys- Margariet. 

beth Jans. 



GKTUYGEN. 

Wydt Timmer, Janneken 
Joris. 

Arent Leendertszen de 
Graeuvv,MarykenArents. 

Jan Herperdinek, Mary- 
ken Barents Van Clyck, 

Hendriek Obee, Harmen- 
tie Koeek. . 

Evert Duycking, Beletie 
Duyeking, Jannetje 
Croons. 

Daniel Rapaille, Sara 
Cloek. 

Johannes Van Eeckelen, 
Tryntie Pieters. 

Gysbert Van Imburg, 
GerVitje Vilen. 

Abraham de Peyster, Hel- 
ena Teller. 

Jan Pieterszen, Janneken 

Befoor, Grietie Wessels. 

Jeremias Tothil, Jen- Hillegonda. Jacobus de Key, en Hil- 



neken da Key. 



Justus Witsvelt, Ca- Justina. 

tharina Blanck. 
Meynard Hendricks- Marten. 

zen, Janneken 

Hendricx. 
Evert Aertsen, Mar- Evert. 

ritje Hercx. 
Laurens Wesselszen, Geertie. 

Aeltje Jans. 
Lucas Tienhoven, Lysbeth. 

Tryntie Bording. 
Johannes Gerritszen, Isaacq. 

Jannetje Jochems. 
Cornelis Van der Marrilje. 

Beeck, Marritje 

Claes. 
Rip Van dam, Sara Maria. 

Van der Spiegel. 
Frans Wesselszen, Geertie. 

Tryntie Boiit. 
Cornelis Corszen, Daniel. 

Marritie Van der 

Grist. 



* Instead of the father. 



legondt Theiinis, Henri- 

cSs de Meyert, Helena 

Van Brug. 
Victor Bickers, Hester 

Blanck. 
Marten Hendricxzen,Ma- 

ryken Cornelis. 

Pieter Van der Seh4eren, 

Neeltje Jacobs. 
Jan Herberdinck, Fran- 

cyntie Stultlieer. 
Isaac de I'oreest, Annet- 

je Wessels. 
Isaac Gerritszen, Margrie- 

tie Gerrits. 
Pieter Jacobszen Marias, 

Anneken Wessels. 

Isaac de Foreest, Margrie- 

tie Van dam. 
Aert Elbertszen, Janne- 
ken Dey. 
Jacob Van der Grist in 
plaets Van de Vader,* 
Daniel Veenvos, Jacob 
Mauritszen, Grietie Van 
der Grist. 



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Records of the Reformed Dutch Omrch in New York. [July, 



OUDERS. KINDERS. 

Eodeni. Coenraedt ten Eyck, Johannes. 

Belitje Hercks. 
den 9 diet. Cap' Ab. de Peyster, Abraham. 

Catharina de Pey- 
ster. 
Ult. diet. Robbert Derkens, Thomas. 

Styntie Gosens. 
den 5 Dee. ' Jaeob Phanix, An- Sander. 

neken Van Vleek. 
den lo diet. Woiiter Bruynen, Geertie. 

Neeltie Harperts. 
den 14 diet. Isaac Drae, Susanna Isack. 

■V Suiions. 
Eodem. Pieter Janszen, Re- Jan. 

beeca Jans, 
den 17 diet. Gerrit Rosenboom, Hendrick. 

Marritje Sanders. 

defl 21 diet. Jacobus Corneliszen, Cornelis. 

Aeltie Fredricks. 
Eodem. D"" Sam(iel Staets, Jo- Anna Eli- 

hanna Reyenderts. sabeth. 

den 25 d. Abraham Kliyler, Ca- Hendrick. 

tharina Bleeeker. 
Eodem. Willem Teller, Rach- Willem. 

el Kierstede. 
den 26 d. Gerrit Hollaert, Sii- Mayken. 

[464] sanna Thomas, 

den 28 diet. Evert Wendel, Elisa- Johannes. 

beth Sanders. 
Eodem. Jan Pieterszen, Bant, Lysbeth. 

Marritje Fredriex. 

A° 1691. 

den I Jan. Hendrick Jacobszen, Hendrick 
Anna Fellardt. Simon 

Eodem. Nicolaes Van der Jan. 

Grist, Barentje Ver 

Kereke. 
Eodem. Nicolaes Rosenvelt, Elsje. 

Hilletje Jans, 
den 4 diet. Herman Janszen, Jeremias. 

Geertie Sehuiir- 

hians. 
den 7 diet. Moses Le Comty, Susanna. 

Hester Le maistre. 
den 14 diet. John Temmer, Fytie John. 

Elias. 



GETUYGEN. 

Tobias ten Eyck, Geertie 
Quick. 

r. \- c de Peyster. 
Cornelia \ ^ 

Thomas Glove, Catharina 

Bedlo. 
Willem Telle-r, Catalyntie 

de Lanoy. 
Ruth Bruynen, Geertie 

Jans. 
Nicolaes Blanck, Claesje 

Blanck. 
Jan Hanszen, Hendrickje 

Wessels. 
Barent Janszen Bosch. 

Elsje Barents Van der 

Cleeck. 
Fredrick Arentszen, Jo- 

syntie Jans. 
Jochem Staets, Chiliaen 

Van Renselaer, Anna 

Reynders. 
Pieter Van Briig, Anna 

Schepmaes. 
Johannes Kip, Blandina 

Kierstede. 
Willem Janszen, Neeltje 

Urban us. 

■'. , , \ Harpending. 
Assuerus \ ^ ° 

Frans Goderus, Anna 

Schepmoes. 



f Jan Montes, Susanna Fel- 
I lart, Robbert Barkens, 
p Hester Arians. 
Barent Ver Kereke, May- 
ken Gysberts. 

Abraham Santvoort, 

Vrouwtje Van hoorn. 
Jeremias Hage, Lysbeth 
Schui'irmans. 

Isaac Le maistre, Corne- 
lia Everts. 
Johannes Casparus, Claes 
Andrie^en Anna Wessels. 



iS8o.] Notes and Queries. I^c 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 

Biography of Com. Hull. — Many of our readers will be pleased to know that 
General Wilson, wlros; Anniversary Address before our Society appears in this number, 
has been requested by the executors and family of the late Isaac Hull to write his life| 
and that he is now engaged in the preparation of a memoir of the eminent patriot, who 
was among the first to shed lustre upon American Naval Annals. Persons possessing any 
of Hull's letters of public interest, or personal poems, songs, and ballads, or unpublished 
anecdotes of the hero, will confer a favor by communicating the same to his biographer 
whose address is 15 East Seventy-fourth Street, New York City. 

MuNSELL. — To Mr. John J. Latting's interesting memorial sketch of Mr. Joel Mun- 
sell, in the April issue, a reader of the Record writes that he would like to add, that 
among his latest publications was a valuable work of a biographical character entitled 
"The Memoirs of an American Lady," by Mrs. Grant, of Laggan. To this charming 
picture of colonial. life in Albany was added a memoir of the author, by her godson, 
Gen. Jas. Grant Wilson. In his preface to the volume, Gen. Wilson alludes to the 
interesting notes contributed by Mr. Munsell. He says : "In preparing a new edition 
of this genuine picture of our ancestors prior to the changes made by the revolution 
— a picture which Paulding told the writer suggested The Diitchtnari's Fireside^ it has 
been thought that some account of the good and gifted lady to whom the world is in- 
debted for the memoir of Mrs. Schuyler, would be acceptable ; and that the portrait 
of the author, as well as the notes kindly contributed by the antiquarian of .\lbany, 
who publishes the volume, would also enhance its value." 

Smith. — The N. Y. Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. XI., p. 98, 
contains a query from the present writer, in regard to certain members of the family 
of the Colonial Judge Wm. Smith. The information therein desired has been in part 
obtained, and, as perhaps interesting to others, is herewith communicated. 

Judge Smith married, nth May, 1727, Mary, not the daughter, iiut the grand-daughter 
of Joshua and Sarah Hett. The proof is conclusive, and acknowledgment is due to an 
article in the Historical Magazine for 1868, p. 267, by Dr. O'Callaghan, both for the 
fact and the authority cited. The latter, on examination, is found as follows : 

Register's Office — N. Y. Deeds, Lib. 31, p. 358-9, May, 1729. Contract for property 
on Queen St., between Rene Het, merchant and Blanche, his wife and William Smith, 
Gent : and Mary Het, daiigliter^ of said Rene Het and Blanche his wife. Do. ps. 359 & 
360. 10 May, 1729. Deed from same to same, "for and in consideration of a marri- 
age intended by Gods permission between the said William Smith and the said Mary 
Het, &c." 

The article referred to gives valuable particulars concerning the Hett family, their 
origin, and the date of death of Joshua Hett Smith in N. Y. That Joshua Hett Smith 
had issue, appears from the Bap. Reg. of the First Presbyterian Church (N. Y. Genea- 
logical AND Biographical Record, Vol. IX., p. 18), which gives the birth of a son, 
Josliua Gordon, 7th August, 1771 ; and also from a statement, in "Smith's narrative of 
the Causes which led to the death of Major Andre," that he had three children, living in 
September, 17S0. 

Can any of the readers of the Record inform at what date Mr. Smith returned to 
N. Y. ; or if the date cannot be given, whether it was before or after the publication, in 
London, 180S, of his narrative ? MATURIN L. delafield. 

Fie Ids toil ^ April, 1880. 

Smith Het. Mary, wife-of Judge William Smith, was not the daughter of Joshua 

Hett, but of Rene Het of N. Y., merchant, and of Blanche his wife. Rene Het son of 
Josue and Sarah Het, was born at Rochelle, France. It does not appear that his parents 
were ever in America. He was naturalized about 1709, together with Lewis de Rosset, 
Andre Fresneau, and others, by act of the British Parliament "anno 7 Annae Reginoe." 
See record of this act in N. Y. Register's office, 22d March, 1722. Rene Het had another 
daughter, Sarah, who married May, 1744, Captain William Smith of New York, 
mariner and merchant, and died Sept. 1747, leaving two daughters, Blanche, b. 21st 
March, 1745, mar. Rev. Jedediah Chapman, ^.D., of Geneva, N. Y., and Sarali. 



J i5 Notes on Books. [J"ly> 

Rene Het by will dated ist April, 1754, proved 8th Nov., 176S, in N. Y. Surro£jate's office, 
after legacies to the children of his daughter Mary, gives to his grands<;n Joshua Hett Smi^h, 
" my silver hilled sword, two French Buchaneer guns and one pair of French pistols, one 
silver walking cane and my best muff over and above his proportion and share." The 
rest of his estate he gives to his grand-daughters the children of his daughter Sarah, late 
wife of William Smith. He desires that his burial shall be according to the manner of 
French protestants in and within the City of New York. Immediately under his signa- 
ture are written these words : "The silver hilted sword has been stolen away." 

For information as to the marriage, etc., of Joshua Hett Smith, see the Historical 
Magazine, new series, Vol. IV., page 266. 

Some confusion has arisen from the fact that both the sons-in-law of Rene Het were 
named William Smith. It may be well therefore, to give the names of the children of 
Captain William Smith by his first wife Gertrude, daughter of Justus Bosch. They were : 

1. Mary, b. about 1721, m. James Jauncey, d. 9th Sept. 1788. 

2. Ann, b. about 1738, m. Rev. Benj" Hait, d. 1806. 

3. John, m. i. Mary, d. of Judge William Smith and Mary (Het) his wife, d. 1785. 

2. Margaret 

The children of John Smith f ) were : 

i. Mary, b. 17th July, 1750, m. Richard Bancker. 

ii. William Stevens, b. 1755, Col"' U. S. Army, married Abigail, d. of Pres. 

John Adams, 
iii. Sarah, m. Charles Adams, son of President John Adams, 
iv. Eliza, died unmarried. 

V. Ann, m. Masters. 

vi. John, b. 21st Nov. 1759. 
vii. Justus Bosch, b. 17th Feb. 1761. 
viii. Margaret, b. 25th July, 1763. 
ix. Belinda, b. 6th Feb., 1765, m. Matthew Clarkson. 
Of these children of John Smith, Mary, the eldest, was the only child of his first wife 
Mary Smith. J. o. B. 

NOTES ON BOOKS. 

History of the Administration of John De Witt, Grand Pensionary of Hol- 
land. By James Geddes. Vol. I., 1623-1654. Harpers, N. Y., 1880. 
We have not been favored by the publishers with a copy of this work for examination, 
or for our Society. It may be they cannot afford it ; or can praise their own books loud 
enough. We are at liberty to say what we think proper when Vi'e find among their 
numerous publications, one not of the ephemeral class, deserving of notice. This one 
brings out many valuable antiquarian gatherings which may aid our line of research, and 
throw much light upon the history of our city, during its darkest days of early growth, 
danger, and dithculty. One part, to which our Record has repeatedly called attention, as 
too much overlooked by our native historians, viz., the terrible \\ar between English and 
Dutch, in the years 1652, 1653, and 1654, is here very distinctly set forth. No one can 
read the account and be surprised to find that it was difficult or impossible for English and 
Dutch to live together and keep the peace here, while such a war was raging abroad. 
Previous articles in the Record have been disfigured by some mis-prints and errors of 
detail, but the reader of this work will be apt to approve our plan of not reviving the 
harsh language or scolding, which the publications of that period so freely used, and of 
being on our guard as to the accuracy of the angry stories which either parly launched out 
about the other during the passionate heats of such a controversy. M. 

The Descendants, by the Female Branches, of Joseph Loomis, who came 
from Braintree, England, in the year 1638, and settled in Windsor, Connecticut, in 
1639. By Elias Loomis, LL.D., Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy 
in Yale College. Volumes I. and II. New Haven, iSSo. The hrst volume with 
a portrait of the author. 
Notices of jTrevious editions of this work, now much enlarged, liave appeared in Vol. I. 
of our Record, p. 14, and Vol. VI., p. 196. Our last notice applies generally to these 
two volumes, and we need not here repeal it. "This list includes a considerable 
portion of the names of early settlers of Connecticut," embracing over 800 different sur- 
names. It will attract and deserve the notice of a great number of other families. The 



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price is $S. Agent, E. P. Judd, 240 Chapel Street, New Haven. Only 250 copies 
printed, and if all should be sold, "it would not repay the cost of manufacture." The 
author apparently is not surprised to find that " to publish a large work on family geneal- 
ogy is a luxury which few persons can afford." The book has three large and full 
indexes, besides lists of college graduates. M. 

Lady Deborah Moody. A Discourse delivered before the New York Historical 

Society, May, 1S80, by James W. Gerard. Published by permission of the 

author, by F. B. Patterson, N. Y. D. Taylor, cor. Nassau and Fulton Streets. 

This is a fair historical gathering, explaining the cost and suffering by which, as we 

hope, "freedom of speech, of action, and of thought," have been attained ; and yet so 

often abused as to hazard its safety. M. 



OBITUARY. 



Capt. Homer Crane Blake, of our Navy, who died in this city on 21st January, 
1880, and who frequently attended and manifested much interest in our meetings, re- 
quires more than the usual notice of a naval loss. He was the son of Elisha Blake 

b. 1788, d. 1837— and Merilla (Crane) his wife, b. 1791, d. 1877. 

He early had the opportunity of preparing himself for the naval service, and after 
regular examination he received his appointment as midshipman on 2d March, 1S40. 
He was ordered to the Receiving-ship "Ohio," where he remained until the fall of 1840. 
He then joined the frigate "Constellation," and sailed in her to the East Indies, returning 
in May, 1842. In June he joined the "Preble," and made a cruise in her on the coast of 
Africa. He returned to the United States in the fall of 1845, went to the Naval School 
at Annapolis, passed his examination, and, with the rank of "Passed Midshipman," re- 
joined the "Preble." He went to the Pacific during the Mexican war. Wliile on the 
coast and attached to the " Preble," in twenty-two months the ship was at anchor only forty 
days, being a longer time at sea than any other vessel known, of any flag or country, 
unless some whaling ships or old discoverers may possibly have been longer. From the 
Pacific she went to China. On the way Mr. Blake was taken ill. He was left at the 
Sandwich Islands, where he remained a few weeks. He then took charge of the ship 
" Matilda," went to China on her, and there rejoined the " Preble." But he was again 
taken ill, and returned home in 1849. After a short leave of absence, he was ordered to 
the " North Carolina," and from that vessel to the Surveying Schooner "Morris," in 
which he went to the coast of Texas, and prosecuted work on Galveston Bay and 
Harbor. Returning north, he was ordered to the frigate " Raritan," sent out to the 
Pacific, and transferred to the "St. Mary's" as Acting Master. He returned home in 
her by way of the Cape of Good Hope. 

In 1852 he was ordered to the Naval Observatory, where he was engaged for five 
months. He was then ordered to the Receiving-ship "Ohio" as Acting Master, and 
while attached to the " Ohio " was detailed by Commodore Gregory to superintend the 
construction of the "Merrimac." 

In 1856 he had the rank of Acting Master, and was ordered on the "St. Lawrence " 
to the coast of Brazil, where in 1857 he received his promotion as lieutenant, and 
whence he returned in 1S59. Tliis period was one of much observation by him, but had 
little noteworthy in the mere sea-service. On his return, he was ordered to the Receiving- 
ship " North Carolina." He remained on her but a short time, being ordered to the Store- 
ship " Relief" as an executive officer, and sent to Loansa, on the coast of Africa, whence 
he returned in i86i. At the request of the Secretary of the Treasury, he was made 
member of a board to reorganize the Revenue Service, disturbed and almost broken up by 
the approach of the civil war. For a short time he was placed in command of the "Bibb " 
and stationed in the Lower Bay of New York to guard against the treaclierous shipment 
of arms to the South, which by some was apprehended. In June, 1861, he was ordered 
to the " Sabine," stationed on the coast of North Carolina. In 1862 he took charge of 
the " R. R. Cuyler," and went to the Gulf of Mexico, where he took command of the 
"Hatteras," stationed off Mobile and the Mississippi Sounds. In July, 1S63, he was 
ordered with other vessels to Galveston. Wliile off that port he was sent in chase of a 
strange sail, and coming up with her, found her to be the "Alabama," from which he 
could not escape ; but he hesitated not to fight her, hoping to give her a disabling 
wound. He fought until his vessel sank under him. The "Alabama" sought an Eng- 
lish port for repairs. He was taken prisoner, and landed at Kingston, in the Island of 



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Jamaica. We need not repeat the accounts published respecting this disaster [Harper' s 
Mo'it/i/_y o{ Sept., 1S66). He returned home on a merchant vessel, and was presently 
exchanged and ordered to the " Eutaw." He was on duty on her off the coast of 
North Carolina. In 1864 he towed the " Onondaga " up the James River. In 1865 
he assumed direction of the " Onondaga," in cliarge of the obstructions on the river, 
took the vessel back to her station, was coVitinued in command, and had charge of the 
torpedo-station, and of the naval picket line at Dutch Gap, and performed approved 
service ; and he remained in command until the close of the war, and then removed the 
torpedoes and obstructions from the James River. 

The war being at an end, in 1865 he was ordered as Navigation Officer to the Navy 
Yard, at Portsmouth, N. H. In 1867 he became a commander. In 1S68 he was 
detached and ordered to Europe, to take command of the " Sivatara," returning in 
1S69. In the latter part of 1869 he was ordered to command the "Alaska," and went to 
the E\st Indies. While on that station he was with the squadron ordered to Corea, and 
was sent with two small vessels and four steam launches to make an exploration of the 
waters, and was absent seven or eight days. Then he was ordered to make an examina- 
tion of the river and of the capital of that country. He was fired on by some irregular 
forts, returned the fire, a:nd drove the trespassers out of the forts. Returning, an 
expedition was planned to capture and disable the piratical forts. This he commanded. 
After six hours fighting the forts were captured and disabled. In February, 1 871, at 
Shanghai, the consular body, in behalf of their several flags, presented him a vote of 
thanks for his survey, and for his energetic action useful to navigation and commerce. 
While absent in 1872, he reached his rank as captain. 

Returning home in 1873, he commanded the Naval Rendezvous in New York until 
1876, and after that remained home, waiting orders. During this long and continuous 
naval life, he always personally attended to the various duties imposed upon him ; and 
his constant employment and many selections by superiors, show very clearly that his 
performance was such as was desired. 

We leave others better qualified to give due praise to his skill and gallantry. His 
pedigree carefully detailed, must be postponed. His long service in various climates and 
under much exposure impaired his health and strength. His death resulted from malarial 
disease contracted in the service. He left a widow, a native of this city, and an only 
daughter. His son, a law student, died about two years since. This record his country- 
men may well preserve, in appreciation of his devotion and self-sacrificing conduct, m. 

Solomon Townsend, for fifty years a merchant of this city, died at his home in 
Oyster Bay, L. I., on Friday, April 2, 1880. He was born at Oyster Bay, October 8, 
1805, and at an early age came to New York to be a merchant. After an approved clerk- 
ship, he sailed as supercargo to China as early as 1825, on the largest merchant ship then 
saihng from New York. After learning the methods of business there, and returning, 
he became connected with the firm of S. T. Nicoll & Co. on the death of his early 
employer, Edward H. Nicoll. The firm was succeeded by the firm of Townsend, Clinch, 
& Dike, which continued until the death of Mr. James Clinch in 1872. 

Mr. Townsend took an active mterest in politics, and was elected to the Assembly in 
1840, 1S41, and 1S42, and was the recognized lepresentative of the merchants. 

In 1846 he was one of the delegates from New York City to the cjnvention to frame 
a constitution, and in 1866 he represented Queens County in the constitutional conven- 
tion of that year ; being the only one who was a member of both conventions. On the 
last occasion, he took active part in the proceedings and debates. On many occasions 
between tliose dates he was an active and successful promoter of valuable improvements. 
The banking laws, the warehouse system, the board of education, the city college, and 
almost all the improved methods in public affairs have engaged his attention. Many 
topics were advocated by him in the newspapers as well as on the floor. He was a 
fireman and captain of militia, and active in each capacity on important occasions. He 
was an antiquarian and has favored our Society repeatedly. He acquired a very extensive 
acquaintance and has left many friends and a large family to mourn his loss. M. 

The deaths, since our last number, of the Rev. Dr. Samuel Osgood, who favored 
us with the Annual Address published in Vol. IX. of the Record, p. 97 ; of Hon. 
Sanford E. Church, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals; of the Hon. Le Roy 
Morgan, a Judge of the Supreme Court ; qf the old merchants McCardy and Aldrich, 
have been so fully noticed by others, as to e>'cuse, in some degree, our inability, by reason 
of lack of room, to do justice to their characters. M. 



THE NEW YORK 



Vol. XI, NEW YORK, OCTOBER, 1880. No. 4. 



GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CAPT. 
JOHN SEAMAN, OF HEMPSTEAD, L. I. 



By Charles B. Moore. 



Among the early settlers of Long Island, this one became conspicuous, 
and has left such a host of descendants as to be remarkable, genealogically. 
He was reserved for further notice in Vol. X. of the Record, page 16. 

The name was written in various ways ; npt an uncommon occurrence 
on the boundary between English and Dutch. When written " Symonds," it 
was pronounced Simmons. In old English, this word, Symond, stood for 
Seaman. In the ancient records of Norfolk County, Eng., both forms of 
spelling were used. (See Perlustration of Gt. Yarmouth.) In the early 
histories of New England it is difficult to find a Seaman named. Perhaps 
they had none ! One at New Haven, in 1646, fined for being without 
arms, returned to England. The heraldic arms of this John, as reported, 
bore for a crest a sea-horse or hippocampus. It has been reported, also, 
that he married, first, a Miss Strictland. We have not the date nor any 
record of her marriage or decease. His neighbor, John Smith, did so ; 
but we discover no verification of it as to him. He married, perhaps 
second, Maria More, who survived him. She has often been supposed 
the daughter of the Rev. John Moore, of Newtown, but he had none 
such. She is found to have been the daughter of Thomas More, of South- 
old, and Martha (Youngs) his wife. She was baptized at Salem, Mass., 
with her brother Thomas, on 21st of October, 1639 (Vol. VI., Hist. Coll. 
Essex Inst., 237); was called in her father's will, in 1691, Martha 
Symonds, named in her husband's will in 1694, and living, per census list, 
in 1698. She had a sister, Hannah Symonds, perhaps a widow. His 
issue, as reported, by the first wife, Strictland, were : 

1. John, called 'jmir. until 1694. He married Hannah, perhaps a 
daughter of Robert Williams. He was taxed in 1683, a freeholder in 
1694, and had six children living in 1698, named John Jr., Joseph, 
Martha, Mary, Ruth, and Hannah ; the family of eight being all named 
on the census list of 1698. 

2. Jonathan, who married Jerie (or Jane) ; was a freeholder in 1685, 

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ICQ Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of [Oct., 

with sixty- five acres, having nine children living in 1698, named Jonathan 
Jr.. David, John, Elizabeth, Jerie (or Jane), Joseph, Caleb, Hannah, and 
Sarah ; the eleven being named on the census list. 

3. Benjamin, married Martha, daughter of Edmund Titus and Martha 
Washbourne his wife (2 Thompson's Hist. \.. I., 347). She was living in 
1732, having seven children before 1698, named Hannah, Benjamin, Jane, 
Martha, Jacob, James, and Phebe ; the nine being named on the census 
list of 1698 ; and they had three children of later date. He was a free- 
holder in 1685, his name written Benjamin Simmons ; chosen Justice to 
try small causes under forty shillings; an assessor in 1709; will dated 
28th February, 1732, in which he was described of Jerusalem, and he 
named his wife Martha, his living sons, Jacob, James, and Solomon 
(youngest) ; his deceased son Benjamin, and daughters, Martha and Jane, 
Hannah Denton, Phebe Townsend, Elizabeth Wooden, and Temi)er- 
ance Kirk ; son-in-law, Joseph Clement ; granddaughters, Martha and 
Jane Clement ; son-in-law, Jonathan Rowland : granddaughter, Martha 
Rowland, and brother Samuel. Witnesses, John Seaman, Caleb Seaman, 
and John Handson. Proved, 5th Nov., 1733. 

4. Solomon, who before 1682 married , a daughter of Henry 

Linington, miller, probably Elizabeth (living in i6g8), and had six chil- 
dren living in 1698, named Henry, Solomon, Deborah, Elizabeth, Mary, 
and Abigail ; the family of eight being named on the census list. This 
Solomon was a witness in court in 1677 and 1682, naming his father-in- 
law, Henry Linington ; was taxed in 1683 on ;^i64 135'. and j\d. ; a free- 
holder in 1685 — 163 acres ; his name was written Simmons, and the date 
of his death not known. 

5. EiJZARETH, eldest daugliter, became the wife of Col. John Jackson, 
son of Robert Jackson and Agnes (Washbourne), He lived until 1725, 
and left a will describing his family. They had five children in 1698, and 
the seven were named on the census list. He was taxed" in 1683, became 
a noted public man, SheritT, Member of Assembly, Judge, and Colonel, 
having numerous descendants, and of course requires a separate history. 

We know not what evidence there is or was that all these five, or that 
any of them, were children by the first wife of Capt. Seaman. From many 
minor circumstances we doubt this, especially as to Benjamin. 

By family report, Capt. Seaman had children by his second wife 
(More). 

6. Samuel, living in 1732, probably married Phebe , and had four 

children living in 1698, named Phebe, Charity, Samuel, and Deborah ; the 
six being named together as a family on the census list of 1698. ' Next 
to Benjamin, two children, probably of later date, are reported, but more 
doubtful. He was a freeholder in 1685, living with his father. 

7. Thomas, who married Mary , had seven children living in 1698, 

and two later ; the family of nine being named on the census list next to the 
large Willis famil3^ He was not taxed in 1683, but in 1685 ranked as 
a freeholder of 108 acres. In his will, dated 14th November, 1722, he 
was described of Hempstead, and named his sons, Thomas, John, Samuel, 
Nathaniel, Sylvanus, and Richard (giving John the house), and daughters, 
Hannah, Abigail (wife of Samuel Jackson), Mary Smith, and Elizabeth 
Ailing. He appointed executors his son Richard (not a devisee), Thomas 
Pearsall, and Benjamin Seaman, Junr. The witnesses were Jacob, James, 
and Solomon Seaman. Proved 29th December, 1724. 



i88o.] Capt. JoJm Seaman, of Hempstead, L. I. irj 

8. Nathaniel, of the town of Hempstead, on 9th of 8th month, 1695, in 
Quaker form, married Rachel, daughter of Henry WilHs, of the town of 
Hempstead, and Mary his wife (Record, Vol. V., p. 99), and they had nine 
children, whose names and births are regularly noted (N. Y. Gene, and 
BiOG. Record, Vol. IV., p. 34, etc.). Only the oldest daughter, Rachel, 
born 26th 5th month, 1696, who died in 1702, is named on the census list 
with her parents, and with Martha, doubtless her grandmother. There are 
many notices of this Nathaniel. In 1692, by appointment, a Friends' 
meeting was held every third First day at his house ; in 1699 the Monthly 
Meeting; and in 1701 the Quarterly Meeting. In 1694 his father, before 
making his will, conveyed 316 acres at the harbor head to him and his 
brother Richard, and they, with their wives, on 4th April, 1701, conveyed 
land to Mark Wilse, near Success (Queens Co. Lib., A, p. 191). In 1702 
he was called " of Westbury." We have not the date of his death, and 
cannot distinguish some later entries so clearly as to tell whether they 
relate to him or his son. We think he was living in 1 703, and probably 
deceased in 17 15. 

u 9. Richard, youngest son, born about 1673/5, died 5th September, 
1749. He married, about 1693/4, Jane (probably daughter of Adam 
Mott). They had fifteen children. Richard, born 31st of nth month, 
1694/5, and Thomas, born 17th of loth month, 1696, were named, with 
their father and mother, on the census list of 1698. For eight names, see 
the Record, Vol. III., p. 36, and for others, see his will. In 1 705, Thomas, 
the son of Nathaniel, having sold the house where Friends' meetings used 
to be held, they were appointed to be held at this Richard Seaman's. His 
will, dated 5th April, 1749, mentions the orchard adjoining James Pine, 
and names his wife Jane ; his sons Richard, Thomas, Adam, Giles, and 
Daniel ; daughters Jane Titus, Sarah Dusenbury, Hannah Doty, Eliza- 
beth Townsend, Phebe and Mary ; son-in-law Benjamin Dusenbury, and 
cousin Patrick Mott. Proved 5th April, 1750. At his death, aet. 73, he 
was called " a sound minister of the Gospel for many years, having led a 
solid and exemplary life from his young days." 

10. Sarah, married Mott, probably the one called *' Lef John," 

born 1658, living in 1698, son of Adam, who was born about 1629, and 
left a will in 1681/2. John Mott and Sarah appear to have had issue: 
John Jr., James, Sarah, and Martha ; the six being named together on the 
census list of 169S, next before " M"" Adam Mott" and Adam, Jr. It is 
not improbable that they had a daughter Jane, born about 1677, and mar- 
ried before 169S ; and a son Patrick, born probably after 1698, named in, 
the wnll of Richard. John Mott was taxed in 1683, and a freeholder, with, 
seventy acres, in 1685. We have not a full account. 

11. Martha, married Nathaniel, son of Henry Pearsall, and had, a 
remarkable family. 

12. Deborah, before 1694, married a Mr. Kirk, and had two sons; 
none of his name being on the census list of 1698. They are reported the 
ancestors of Richard Kirk, afterward of Hempstead Harbor. He— Rich- 
ard — appears to have been a son of William, who, before 1732, married 
Temperance, daughter of Benjamin Seaman ; she surviving him and mar- 
rying again. The Kirk family has produced several noted men, scattered 
far and wide. 

13. Hannah, who, before 1694, married a Carman ; not clearly identi- 
fied ; perhaps Caleb, Junr., named next before Hannah i^i. the ceiisus list. 



JC2 Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of [Oct., 

13. Mary, who married Thomas, son of Henry Pearsall, and brother 
of Nathaniel, also left a family. 

We leave the large and noted families of the Pearsalls for separate ac- 
counts, as well as the numerous family of Carmans. 

Perhaps it was hardly wise or fair to postpone the personal history of 
the most important man, the father of this large family, the ancestor of so 
many thousands, until all these little details were brought out. But they 
serve to give importance, if not zest, to a study of his course and charac- 
ter. His large family was well trained, and the wife who ruled the large 
household while he was so much absent may be deserving of some atten- 
tion. Various writers, including Messrs. B. Y. Thompson and Aug. Grif- 
fin, have mentioned him, but it seems very imperfectly. He has been 
named, with others, as one who seceded with Rev. Mr. Denton from 
Wethersfield, and went to Stamford (10 N. Eng. Hist, and Gene. Reg., 
358). We are not very ready to believe this, but do not attempt any seri- 
ous investigation. He seems early to have had his name written "Symon," 
or- " Siemon." The recorders were many of them poor spellers. On nth 
December, 1643, surveyors at Salem, Mass., were ordered to view the 
ground that John Symonds desired, near to Goldsmith's ten-acre lot. On 
8th January, 1643/4, after a grant of waste land to Thomas Goldsmith 
(afterward at Southampton), between the water side and his ten-acre lot 
(reserving a way), there was granted to John Simonds all the waste lands 
between the lots of Hugh Laskin and Stukely Westcott and the water side, 
excepting the highway. The latter went to R. I., and had a daughter who 
married the first Benedict Arnold, Governor of R. I.; a daughter Katharine, 
who married (ist) Thomas Doxey and (2d) Daniel Lane, and probably a 
son John, at Huntington, in 1663, 1666, and 1682. We discover some coin- 
cidences, and suspect this "Simonds " was the same " Seaman." In 1647 
or soon after, John Simonds was named among the proprietors of Hemp- 
stead. On nth December, 1653, John Seaman united with others, at 
Hempstead, coming from diff"erent English villages, in a remonstrance 
addressed to the Dutch Governor of New York, against abridgements of 
their freedom and privileges, expressing fears of an arbitrary government 
(i N. Y. Doc. Hist., 552). In 1655, after the war, some of the same men 
met agam. 

On 2ist December, 1656, John Seaman and R. Gildersleeve were 
nominated by the town, and appointed by the Dutch Governor, magistrates 
of Hempstead. The inhabitants chose townsmen to regulate their affairs, 
and on i6th April, 1657, an engagement was signed by the two magistrates 
"•' to stand by and bear out with our full power " the townsmen chosen. 
On 25th July "the town sent Capt. Seaman to the Governor to disavow 
the act of turbulent spirits, and to say they are content to pay the -lV'^" 
which was reserved in the patent by way of rent. 

In 1658 he had twenty gates (or lengths) of the common fence to make, 
thirty cattle, fifteen cows, forty-three acres of meadow, etc. 

On 3d February, 1659, " Mr. John Seaman for killing 2 wolves" was 
allowed £,2, and Mr. Seaman for two days' travel in laying out the bounds, 
8j. In March, 1658, Mr. John Seaman, Robert Jackson, and others, by 
town vote, were to go with the agent of the Montauk Sachem to mark and 
lay out the general bounds of the town lands, to be known by marked 
trees and places of note, " to continue forever," In 1662, he was nomi- 
nated with others to the Dutch Governor to be magistrate, but others were 



i88o.] Capt. John Seaman, of Hempstead^ L. I. j^'? 

appointed. In 1664 he was appointed with others to assist about the 
bounds of the town. Under the first English patent for Hemjistead, Capt. 
John and six of his sons had lands. His share of payments, a large 
one, was J^d^ t^s'. and ^d. In 1665, '^alled Capt. Sienion, he was on the 
jury at Hempstead in the witchcraft case, and found no " considerable " 
evidence to convict the susi)ected persons, charged only with being sus- 
pected. In 1666 he was at Newtown. In May, 1669, Thomas Rushmore 
was ordered to give up to Capt. Seaman the colors he received from the 
Governor. In June the meadows were ordered to be laid out to the utter- 
most bounds eastward, according to the line run in 1658 by the English 
and Indians. If any one lying next this Hne, next to Mr, Seaman, should 
be disturbed in his property, the town engaged to make it good. In 1670 
he was chosen to view the east ox-pasture and the town fence once a week, 
and'to report to constable. In 1671, on July 3d, it was voted that Mr. John 
Seaman and Mr. Gildersleeve go down to New York and treat with the 
Governor about the eastern bounds of the town, and have them confirmed, 
and (if they see cause) join with Mr. Terry according to the conditions 
made between him and the town. In 1673, New York having been re- 
captured, he, on September 4th, with others, was chosen by the Dutch 
Governor and sworn in as Schepen for Hempstead, and he was despatched 
by the Governor to the east end of Long Island to demand ociths of allegi- 
ance to the Dutch, but was unsuccessful ; Isaac Arnold, who married the 
widow of John VVashbourne, appointed Sheriff for Southold, nuist have en- 
countered him on this occasion, and the next year, 1674, on May 14th, he 
was chosen to hold court with the Schout (the sherift") at Jamaica. In 
1675, he or his son, described as Carpenter, conveyed to Henry Willis, of 
Oyster Bay, carpenter, twenty-two acres on the north side of the plain's 
edge, east of Joseph Jennings and west of Richard Stiles. He had a law- 
suit against VViUiam VVier (or Wiat) for 300 weight of tobacco, (agreed) 
to be delivered at York in cash, about two years ago {i.e., tobacco was 
used as a currency). Judgment obtained, payable in three weeks, with 
costs. In 1676, September i6tli, he and others were chosen to lay out Cow 
Neck into lots, on the north side of the town ; and on December 7th, to 
lay out the common meadow, etc. In 1677, Ji-ib' 2d, there was a hearing 
before the new English Governor and his council at New York, concern- 
ing the bounds to be allowed to Hempstead as conquered territory. It 
was found unsafe to treat all the private claims as forfeited. On the 12th 
he attended as one of the townsmen. Proofs were taken of the purchase 
from Indians, and payments in 1645 and 1656, and of the line run in 
1658. The patent of 1677 was granted. In 1678, April ist, Mr. Seaman, 
and another, were chosen to agree with a carpenter to build a meeting- 
house, 30 feet by 24, and 12 feet stud, with a lean-to on each side. De- 
cember 25th, he and another were chosen to lay out all the common 
meadow 

In 1679, May 26th, Governor Andros in his attempt to dictate religious 
services, having ordered R. Gildersleeve to prevent Quaker meetings, was 
informed by R. G. that " Capt. Seaman, though forewarned, had a very 
great meeting at his house the last Lord's day." In this Mr._ Seaman took 
an exact line which he could defend ; -for a man had a right to use his 
house as his castle, and could not legally be deprived of this use, even for 
public accommodation, without just compensation. He could have all his 
children at home and hear one of them read or speak. He was not bound 



ICA Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of [Oct., 

to exclude visitors, but had a right to exchide spies. There was no indica- 
tion of religious adherence by him to " PYiends " before this. He defended 
his own rights in protecting them from wrong. In December he was -a 
witness in court in a suit against Ellison, carpenter. In 1682 he was ap- 
pointed one for managing a controversy about the town's title to Cow 
Neck, and William Nicolls, the lawyer, son of Matthias, was added, and it 
was voted that they should have 100 acres each, if successful. He signed 
the engagement of a specific sum for the support of the Rev. Jeremiah 
Hobart, and never disclaimed his share of it. 

In 1683, as Capt J. S., he was taxed for two men, 266 acres of land 
fenced, 14 oxen, 36 cows, 12 hogs, 70 sheep, and 12 horses. In Septem- 
ber the town by a full vote again appointed him and Mr. NicoU attorneys 
to act in claiming Cow Neck, In October, by order from the Governor 
and Council, the town chose him and two others to attend at New Ycu^k, 
and represent the town respecting its land title. In 1684 there were 
repeated and renewed appointments and attendances at New York ; 
the attorneys seeking a new patent with large bounds, and having discus- 
sions and agreements with the towns of Flushing, Jamaica, and Oyster 
Bay. In November, after a long struggle, as it seems, 400 acres were 
given by Flushing to Gov. Dongan, 200 acres by Hempstead, and 150 
acres were given to John Spragg, Secretary. Difficulties were overcome, 
and a new patent, with changed boundaries, was obtained. 

In December, 1686, the town chose Capt. Seaman and Mr. Searing to 
answer at New York the Rev. Mr. Hobart's petition respecting his salary. 

This, it seems, ended the public duties of his very active life. We have 
only to recite his remarkable will, displaying the results of his private in- 
dustry and successful activity. It was dated 25th August, 1694, and he 
was called in it John Seaman the Elder, of Hempstead. He gave to his 
eldest son, John, the twenty-two acre lot then in his possession, where he 
lived, and a twenty-acre lot of meadow on Great Neck, eastward, within 
the bounds of the town. To his five sons, Jonathan, Benjamin, Solomon, 
Thomas, and Samuel, 400 acres, according to a patent granted by Col. 
Richard Nicolls at Jerusalem, within the bounds of Hempstead, and a neck 
of meadow lying eastward from the town, called in the Indian tongue Rus- 
katux Neck, bounded east by the Oyster Bay line, and upon Hempstead, 
westward. To his three sons, John, Nathaniel, and Richard, the remain- 
der of meadow, " whereof one moiety is already confirmed unto my son-in- 
law, Nathaniel Pearsall," with four or five acres of the upland, " for his 
convenience for yardage for wintering his cattle," upon the Half Neck, 
called in the Indian tongue Mus Kachem. To his eight sons (naming 
them as before, except naming Thomas before Samuel), all the upland 
lying and situate upon Ruskatux Neck, as also upon the neck called the 
Half Neck, " excepting the four or five acres confirmed to my son-in-law, 
Nathaniel Pearsall." To his two sons, Nathaniel and Richard, his lot of 
meadow lying at a neck called Stickling's Neck ; also a parcel of meadow 
upon Newbridge Neck ; also 150 acres of upland at a place called Success ; 
by virtue of an order from said town ; and to the same, a piece of land, 
by estimation 316 acres, at or near the harbor head, so called, being already 
confirmed to my said two sons by deed of gift. To his eight sons, all his 
right in the undivided lands in the town of Hempstead. To his well- 
beloved wife, Martha Seaman, a home-lot adjoining to the land of James 
Pine, by estimation three acres, during life or widowhood ; at her decease 



i88o.] Capt. John Seaman, of Hempstead, L. I. \rc 

or marriage, this lot was to go to his two sons, Nathaniel and Richard, in 
fee. To the same two sons, the remainder of his home-lot of pasture, and 
the field at the east end of the town called the Holly, with the barns, to be 
equally divided. To his wife, the half of his dwelling-house, and, at her 
death or marriage, to his son Richard, in fee. To his son Nathaniel, the 
other half of the dwelling-house in fee. To his wife, one-third part of his 
movables within doors, to give and dispose of as she shall deem meet. To 
his sons, Richard and Nathaniel, the other two-thirds of his movables within 
doors, to be equally divided. To his wife, six acres of meadow at Half 
Neck, and, at her decease, to his sons Nathaniel and Richard. To his 
sons Nathaniel and Richard, all his arms, except his large gun, which 
should be for the use of all his sons. To his wife, one pair of oxen, one 
horse, one breeding mare, four cows, seventeen sheep, one breeding sow. 
To his son Richard, one pair of oxen, one three-year-old mare, two cows, 
one pair three-year-old steers. To his son Nathaniel, one pair of oxen. 
To his daughter, Mary Pearsall, two cows and six ewe sheep. To his son 
Samuel, one pair of oxen, one cow. To his five daughters, Martha Pear- 
sall, Hannah Carman, Mary Pearsall, Sarah Mott, and Deborah Kirk, two- 
thirds of all tli« rest of his flock of neat cattle and sheep. To his eight 
sons, one-third of same. To his daughter, Elizabeth Jackson, some sheep 
to be paid her when division was made of the estate. To Nathaniel and 
Richard, all his instruments of husbandry. To his eight sons, all his horse 
kind. To his wife and sons Nathaniel and Richard, the rest of his farm 
swine. He appointed executors his \\ife and his sons Benjamin and 
Thomas, and requested his two loving friends, Thomas Powell and John 
Townsend, Sr., to be overseers. Witnesses : John Smith, John Carl, 
George Prowler, James Clement. The will was proved on 25th March, 
1695. Doubtless there had been previous gifts to all his elder children. 
Some of the deeds have been traced. 

There is a printed genealogy of the Seaman family, very convenient so 
far as it goes, but with little or nothing biographical, with few dates, and 
no references to wills or deeds, and with some errors. We cannot have 
that confidence in it which dates and a reference to records and historical 
incidents largely inspire. 

Readers will understand the advantage gained by the discovery of the 
census list of 1698, containing the names of all the inhabitants— men, 
women, and children ; but with names badly spelled and poorly written. 
It ought to be printed as read by some careful reader, with notes explain- 
ing or mentioning the various readings of others, the locations, etc. ; or, 
better still, in alphabetical form, with references to records, and genea- 
logical explanations. But this would be a work requiring much labor and 
some expense, to which few are ready to contribute. We have shown the 
numerous persons, and generally the names of the descendants living in 
1698, derived from or connected with one man. 



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158 Clarkson and Rutherfurd Pedigree. [Oct., 

137. Robert Clarkson, b. ; d. 1631 ; ni'' 1610. 

138. Agnes Clarkson, b. ; d. 1628; m'' 1610. 

139. Sir Henry Holcroft, b. ; d. 1650. 

140. Lettice Aungiers, dau. of Sir Francis Aungiers and Douglas P'itzger- 

ald, who was the dau. of Edw"! Fitzgerald, Earl of Kildare, Ireland. 

125. Casper Verlet, of Hartford, C^. 

163. Robert Rutherfurd, 13"^^ in descent from Hugo de Rutherfurd, a 
Scotch baron. 

165. Abernethy, Bishop of Caithness time of Charles II. 

193. John Alexander, of Gogar in Menstrie, uncle of the i^t Earl of Stir- 
ling. 

135. Revd David Clarkson, b. 162 1 ; d. 1686 ; fellow of Clare Hall, Cam- 

bridge. 

136. Elizabeth Holcroft, b. 1624. 

142. Annetje Lievens, d. 1702 ; m^ 1657. On Sept. 4*^, 169 1, she re- 
moved with her daughter from Albany, and both joined the church 
in N. York. 

107. Philip French, of Kilshall, Suffolk C, Eng. ; he is buried there. 

113. Frederick Philipse, from Friesland, Holland, d. 1702. 

115. Brockholles, in Claughton, Lancashire, Eng. 

125. Paulus Schrick, of Nuremberg, a merchant at Hartford, C* ; m"^ Nov 

29^1^, 1658. 

126. Marion Verleth, d. 1702; m.^ i^t^ Johannes Van Beck, 1654; 3'"^, 

W" Zeller, 1664. 

211. Johannes de Peyster, b. in Harlem, Holland ; d. 1685 ; \\\^ Dec. 17^'', 

165 1, in N. Amsterdam. 

212. Cornelia Lubberts, b. in Harlem,. Holland ; va.^ Dec. 17, 1651, in 

New Amsterdam. 
133. Mathew Clarkson, Secretary to New York, i689-i'7o2 ; d. 1702; m*^ 

Jan. i9thj 1692. 
147. Rev^ Barnardus Freeman, of Gilnis, Holland, afterward of Flatbush, 

Long Island, b. 1665 ; d. Jan. 18'^, 1738 or 1773; m<^ Aug. 25^^^, 

1705- 

117. Anthony Brockholles, appointed L* Gov. of N. York by James II.; 

nTi 1 68 1. 

118. Susanna Schrick, b. 1663; sole heiress. 

203. John Sprat, of Wigton, Galloway, Scotland, a merchant and alder- 

man. 

204. Maria de Peyster, b. 1659 ; d. 1701 ; m*^ I'-S May lo^i^, 1686 (Paulus 

Schrick, son of Paulus Schrick and Maria Verleth) ; 2*^, John Si^rat ; 
3'"'^, 1699, David Provoost (David Provoost m*^ i^'^, 1688, Helena 
Byvanck ; 3'''', Eliz'^ Weasman, widow of Albert Denow). 
156. Katherine Alexander (her father notes in the fly-leaf of the bible of 
John Sprat), xtened Dec. 27'*>, 1727; Godfather, W™ Livingston \ 
Godmothers, my sisters Christine and Jennet, wives of Tho: Cain 
and John McCresh, of Crief and Nuthil. 



i88o.] Early Settlers of Kings County, N. Y. irg 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF THE EARLY SET- 
TLERS OF KINGS COUNTY, N. Y. 



By Teunis G. Bergen. 



THE TERHUNE FAMILY. 

I. Albert Albertse Terhune, known as Albert the "lintweever" 
(ribbon weaver), came to this country at an early period, m. Geerljc . . . ., 
and d. in 1685. Geertje d, in 1693; He appears to have resided at first 
in New Amsterdam, where, Feb. 16, 1654, Wolfert Webber brought a 
suit against him in the Burgomasters and Schepens court, for services of 
his son, hired by Albert for two years. 

In 1657 he hired and cultivated a i)art of the Nyack or Najack tract 
in New Utrecht, held by Jacques Cortelyou for the heirs of Cornells Van 
VVerckhoven. On the formation of the village of New Utrecht, in 1657, he 
was one of the proposed settlers who were allotted plantations of 25 mor- 
gens (fifty acres) each, for which he obtained a patent, in Jan., 1662, and 
in 1659, was allotted his share of the salt meadows (valley) patented to 
the town, lying over and against Conyen Island. 

In Feb. 1660, as well as previously, the Director General and Council 
issued proclamations requiring those who resided in separate dwellings out- 
side the villages, as a precaution against expected Indian depredations, to 
destroy or at least unroof their dwellings, and for protection to remove to 
the villages, on penalty of confiscation of their goods, and 50 guilders fine 
in addition. Among those who disregarded the order was Albert Albertse 
Terhune, who in consequence was arrested, and sentenced by the Director 
General and Council, to pay the penalty of 50 gl., and stand committed 
until paid. After being imprisoned, he paid the penalty, and removed into 
the village of New Utrecht, where he owned one of the first twelve houses 
probably built at this date. 

In 1660 he bought 25 morgens of land of Jacob Van Couwenhoven, 
in Flatlands, which he compelled him to deliver with a proper deed, in 
pursuance of a decision in a suit before the Burgomasters and Schepens 
court of New Amsterdam. The records of said court contain accounts of 
several suits in which he was a i)arty in 1660, '61, and '62. Among them 
was one on the 25th of Oct., 1661, against VVessel Gerrizen, for a gun, 
sword, and heavy belt, loaned the defendant at Christmas. 

In 1660 he appears to have bought of Jacob Steendam a piece of land 
in Flatlands, which the magistrates of said town claimed to have been an 
illegal purchase, requesting the government to take possession of the same 
"as patroons of the province, and pay Steendam the price stipulated to be 
paid by Albertsen." They apj^ear to have failed in the obtaining of their 
request, for on the i6th of July, of said year, Albertsen obtained a deed 
from Steendam for the premises, as per p. 214 of Calendar of N. Y. His. 
Man. Dutch. 

April 3, 1664, he sold his New Utrecht plantation to Nathaniel I5rittan. 
In 1665, he bought more land of the Couwenhoven's in Flatlands, and in 



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1675 he bought land, in the same locality, of Elbert Elbertse Stoothoff, to 
which he removed. In 1675 ^^ ^^^^ assessed in Flatlands, 2 poles, 5 
horses, and 9 cows, valued at ;^i25 losh. ; and 29 morgens of land and 
valley, valued at ^58. He and his wife were members of the Reformed 
Dutch Church of Flatlands, in 1677. • 

Albert Albertse (Terhune), and Jacques Cortelyou, and their associates, 
obtained of Gov. Carterett a patent for 5,000 acres, on the Passaick River, 
N. J., for which they obtained a confirmatory patent in 1685, as per p. 118 
of Vol. I. of the Journal of the Govt, and Council of N. J. Had issue : — 

Jan Albertse. 

Heyltje Albertse, bp. Jan. 12, 1650. 

Albert Albertse Jun"'. bp. Aug. 13, 1651. 

Annetje Albertse, bp. Mar. 6, 1653. 

Styntje Albertse. 

Sarah Albertse. 

Second Generation. 

2. Jan Albertse, m. 1=', July i, 1683, Annetje Roelofse Schenck, who 
d. in 1688 ; m. 2"^, June 6, 1691, Margrietje Van Sychellen, of Flatlands. 
Was a farmer residing in Flatlands, and a member of the Dutch Church of 
said town, in 1677, a deacon in 1687, and suppose he d. in 1705. Took 
the oath of allegiance in said town in 1687 as a native, and was Lieut, of 
militia in 1691, and Capt. in 1700. In 1690 he and others obtained a tract 
of land near Duck Creek, at St. Jones's, on the Delaware, as per Vol. HI. 
of Doc. of Col. His. 

From entries on the records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Flat- 
lands, it appears that he paid, Nov. i, 1685, 16 gl. for a grave for his son ; 
Mar. 25, 1688, 19 gl. 10 St. for a grave for his wife ; Apr' 15, 1693, 20 gl. 
for a grave for his mother; Dec. i, 1703, 12 gl. 12 st. for a grave and the 
use of the pall ; and Nov. 5, 1704, 22 gl. for graves for two of his children. 
His will is dated Feb. 20, 1696, and recorded on p. 296 of Lib. 2 of Con- 
veyances in the off. of the Reg. of Kings C°. Had issue : — 

8. i. Roelof. 

9. ii. Albert, bp. Ap' 13, 1684. 
10. iii. Anche. 

3. Heyltje Albertse, bp. June 12, 1650, in New Amsterdam. No 
further trace. 

4. Albert Albertse Jun% suppose'was bp. Aug. 13, 1651, in New 
Amsterdam; m. i^', Hendrikje Stevense Van Voorhees ; m. 2^*, Sep. 1705, 
Mary or Marretie de Graves, wid. of Andries Tiebout. Resided at first in 
Flatlands, where he cultivated a farm, and where his name appears on the 
assessment rolls of 1675 and '76, and on that of 1683 for 35 morgens. 
F'rom thence he removed to Hackensack, probably on the premises pur- 
chased by his father on the Passaic River. In consequence of the simil- 
arity of the names, it is possible that he was the purchaser instead ol his 
father. He and his wife Hendrikje were members of the Dutch Church of 
Flatlands, in 1677. And in 1689, he was a member of the Reformed 
Dutch Church of Hackensack. In 169-I, he was a member of the New 
Jersey Legislature, as per records of the Govenor and Council of said State. 



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1880.] Early Settlers of Kings County, IV. y. l5l 

His will is dated Feb. 16, 170^, pro. Sep. 20, 1709, and rec. on p. 420 of 
Lib. 7 in off. of Surr. of N. Y. Had issue : — 

John. 

Annell. 

Stephen, bp. Apl. 4, 1680, at New Utrecht. 

Annetie, or Antie. 

Gerebrecht, b. Aug. 13, 1682, at Flatlands. 

Willemtje, bp. Aug. 7, 1684. 

Marretie, bp. Oct. 31, 1686, at Flatbush. 

Rachel, bp. Aug. 20, 1690. , 

Geertriuy, bp. Nov. 4, 1694. 

Alberars or Albert, bp. 1695. 

Johannes, bp. 1700. 

Derk, bp. 1702. 

Weyntje, bp. 1705. 

5. Annetje Albertse, bp. Mar. 3, 1653, in New Amsterdam. Sup- 
pose she settled in Hackensack, and was a member of the Dutch Church 
of that locality in 1698. 

6. Styntji Alkertse, m. May 2, 1680, Claes Janse Romeyn. Was a 
member of the Dutch Church of Flatlands in 1677 and 1685 ; and in 1731 
she and her husband both members of the Hackensack Church. Claes 
Janse d. prior to 1732. Had issue : 

Gerbreclitje Romeyn, bp. Dec. i, 1681 ; Lysbeth Romeyn, bp. Aug. 
1683; and Albert Romeyn, bp. May 2, 1686. 

7. Sarah Albertse, m. Apr' 3, 1681, at Najack or Nyack, Volkert 
Hanse Van Norststrant of Flatbush and afterwards of Hackensack. Was a 
member of Flatlands Dutch Church in 1677 and '85. Had issue : 

Albert Van Norststrant, bp. Feb. 22, 1685 ;. and Henry Van Norst- 
strant, bp. in 1696 at Hackensack. 

Third Generation. 

Descendants of Jan Albertse Terhune (2) and Annetje. 

8. RoELOF, m. May 5, 1706, Marretie or Afaryke, dau. of Gerret Pie- 
terse Wyckoff. Was a farmer in Flatlands, and an elder in the Dutch 
Church of that place in 1748. Will da. Feb. 20^ 1753 ; pro. Ap' 13, 1761 ; 
rec. on p. 3 of Lib. 23, N. Y. Surr. Ofif. In it, among other bequests, he 
gives his son Gerret, his great silver cup, his " Keenen swoord," his 
"•leder britoes," and the " selver cortenhoeles." To his son Roelof " that 
gown of my father." To his grandson Roelof, son of Albert, " my Gune " 
and "Great bybel." To his son " Aberes " the homestead farm, subject 
to the payment of legacies to his sisters. Had issue : — 



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J 52 Contributions to the History of the [Oct., 

9. ALBERT, bp. Ap' 13, 1684 at Flatlands ; m. Oct. 17, 1708, Aaltje 
Voorhees, bp. Oct. 4, 1685 at Flatbush. Was a farmer in Flatlands. Will 
da. April 11, 1721 ; pro. Dec. 18, 1721 ; rec. on p. 273, Lib. 9, N. Y. 
Surr. Off. Had issue : — 

32. i. John. 
\^ZZ- ii; Gerret. 

34. iii. Anna. • 

35. iv. Willemtie. 

36. V. Sarah. 

10. Anche Terhune. No further trace. 

Descendants of Albert Albertse Terhune (4) and Wives, Hen 

DRIKJE AND WeYNTJE. 

11. John or Jan Albertse of Flatlands, m. Sept. 1699, at Hacken- 
sack, Elizabeth Bertholf of Sluys, who after his death m. Aug. 1718, Roelof 
Bougaert or Boomgaert. She was a dau. of the Rev. Guilliam Bertholf, an 
early settler of Hackensack, and he was a member of the Dutch Church 
of that place in 1701, of which he was a resident. Had issue : — 

37. i. Hendrickje, bp. 1701.* 

38. ii. Martina, bp. 1702. 

39. iii. Albert, bp. 1704, 

40. iv. Martinas, bp. 1706. 

41. V. Sara, bp. 1708. 

42. vi. Annatie, bp. 17 10. ^ 

43. vii. Guilliam, bp. 1711. 

44. viii. Ste])hanus or Stephen, bp. 1713. 

12. Annell, mentioned in her father's will, but no further trace. 

13. Stephen of Flatlands and Hackensack (sometimes written Ferem 
or Ferdan), ni. Oct. 1707, at Hackensack, Lidia Davidse de Maree, and 
was a member of the Dutch Church of that place in 1702, where he then 
resided. Had issue : — 

45. i. Albert, bp, 1708. 

46. ii. Rachel, bp. i 709. 

47. iii. Claes or Nicholas, bp. 171 2. 

48. iv. David, bp. 1713. 

49. V. Hendrikje, bp. 1719. 

14. Annetje, ANNEK.E or Antie of Flatlands, m, Ap', 1699, Jacob 
Zabriskie of Pemmerpogg, and was a member of the Dutch Church of 
Hackensack in 1698 where they settled. Had issue : — Hendricke Zabris- 
kie, bp. 1 701 ; Eytie or Feytie Zabriskie, bp. 1703; Marritie Zabriskie, 
bp. 1706; Albert Zabriskie, bp. 1708; Jan Zabriskie, bp. 17 10; Jannetje 
Zabriskie, bp. 1713; Rachel Zabriskie, bp. 1715 ; Magteltie Zabriskie, bp. 
1717 ; Steven Zabriskie, bp. 1718 ; and Jacob Zabriskie, bp. 1722. 

15. Gerebrecht or Gerbring of Flatlands, m. Nov. 1701, at Hacken- 
sack, Abraham Houseman of Bushwick, and was a member of the Dutch 
Church at Hackensack in 1701, at which place they settled. Had issue : 
Hendrickje Houseman, bp. 1704; Adriaentje Houseman, bp. 1706; 

* Baptized at Hackensack, at which place and Schraalenbergh all the baptisms after this date were 
made, unless otherwise designated. 



i88o.] Early Settlers of K'mgs County, N. Y. l5^ 

Jacobus Houseman, bp. 1708; Annatie Houseman, bp, 1710; Magdalena 
Houseman, bp. 1713; Weyntje Houseman, bp. 1716; Albert Houseman, 
bp. 1721 ; Isaac Houseman, bp. 1724; and Jan Houseman, bp. 1727. 

16. WiLi.EMTjE, of Flatlands, bp. Dec. 7, 16S4 ; m. Oct. 1704, at Hack- 
ensack. Jacobus Bougaert or Pioomgaert (since written Bogart and Jiogaert) ; 
suppose she m. 2^ Aug. 1736, at Hackensack, Barent de Boogh, and was a 
member of the Dutch Church of Hackensack in 1704. Had issue : — 
Jan Bongert, bp. 1705; Albert Bongert, bp. 1707; Ansenietje Bongert, 
bp. 1709; Steven Bongert, bp. 171 1 ; Isaac Bongert, bp. 17 14; Jacobus 
Bongert, bp. 171 7; Lucas Bongert, bp. 1719; and Cornelis Bongert, bp. 
1722. 

17. Marritie or Magtie of Hackensack, bp. Oct. it, 1686, m. March 
1707, at Hackensack, Hendrick Bertholf of Acquacenock, and was a mem- 
ber of the Dutch church of Hackensack in 1707. Had issue : — Martine 
Bertholf, bp. 1708; Albert Bertholf, bp. 1710; Hendrickje Bertholf, bp. 
1711 ; Guilliam Bertholf, bp. 1714 ; Jan Bertholf, bp. 1715 ; Jacobus, bp. 
1717 ; Abram Bertholf, bp. 1720 ; Maria Bertholf, bp. 1722 ; Rachel Ber- 
tholf, bp. 1 724 at Schraalenbergh ; Reinhart Bertholf, bp. 1 726 ; and Stephen 
Bertholf, bp. 1728 at Schraalenbergh. 

iX. Rachel, bp. Ap' 21, 1690, at Bergen ; m. July 1707, at Hacken- 
sack, Jan Hendrikse Hoppe. Had issue: — Maria Hoppe, bp. 1708; 
Hendrikje Hoppe, bp. 1710; Hendrik Hoppe, bp. 1712; Antje Hoppe, 
bp. 1714; Albert Hoppe, bp. 1717 ; Trientje Hoppe, bp. 1720 ; Willemtje 
Hoppe, bp. 1722 ; and Gerret Hoppe, bp. 1724. 

19. Geertruy, bp. Nov, 4, 1694; m. Jan. 1717, Hendrick Hendrickse 
Banta of Hackensack, and had issue : — Weyntje Banta, bp. 1721, and 
Angenietje Banta, bp. 1724. 

20. Albert or Alburtus, bp. 1695; m. Oct. 1719 at Hackensack, 
Anna Maria Ackerman, at which place he resided. Had issue : — • 

50. i. Albert, bp. 1720; m. May, 1752, Vanderhoflf, 

and bad children, Geesje, bp. 1752 ; Johannes, bp. 1759 j 
and Jacob, bp. 1767. 

51. ii. Abram, bp. 1723. 

52. iii. Aaltje, bp. 1731 ; m. Apr' 1748, Jacob Zabriskie. 

53. iv. Weyntje, bp. 1732. 

54. V. Antje, bp. 1742. 

21. Johannes, bp. 1700; m. Apr' 1725, Geesje R. Westervelt. Mem- 
ber of Hackensack Dutch church in 1734, where he resided. Had issue : — 

55. i. Weyntje, bp. 1726. 

56. ii. Annetje, bp. 1727. 

57. iii. Albert, bp. Nov. 7, 1729. 

58. iv. Effie or Egge ; m. Thomas Vreelant. 
159. v. Retjen, bp. 1732. 

60. vi. Geertruyt, bp. 1734 \ i^i- Sep. 1766, suppose Tomas Banta. 

61. vii. Pieter, bp. 1738. 

22. Derk, bp. 1702; m. Oct. 3, 1727, Katharine Kip. Member of 
Dutch church of Hackensack in 1728, where he resided. Had issue :— 

62. i. Albert, bp. Aug. i, 1728, (sup.) m. Maria Demarest, and 

had children, Catryntje, bp. 1753, and Margrite, bp. 

1755- 
61, ii. Annetje, bp. i73°- ' 



l^A Contribtitions to the History of the [Oct., 

64. iii. Nicasiiis, bp. 1733. 

65. iv. Weyntjen, bp. 1737. 

66. V. Jacob, bp. 1739. 

67. vi. Elizabeth, bp. 1739; 

68. vii. Joannes, bp. 1742. 

69. viii. Geertje, bp. 1745. 

70. ix. Pieter, bp. 1748. 

23. Wevntje, bp. 1705 ; m. Apr' 1723 Gerret Leydecker ; m. 2'^ May, 
1745, Johannes Walderen, all of Hackensack, and had issue: — Neeltje 
I^eydecker, bp. 1724; Albert I.eydecker, bp. 1740; Joannes Walderen, 
bp. 1746 ; and Geesje Walderen, bp. 1754. 

Fourth Generation. 

\ Descendants of Roelof Terhune (8) and Maryke Wyckoff of 

Flatlands. 

24. Ai.RERT lof Gravesend, m. Antie or Annatie Van Dyck, who d. 
June 14, 1797 ; he d. Feb. 29, 1801. Was a farmer, occupying and own- 
ing the ancestral farm lying ])artly in Flatlands and i)artly in Gravesend, 
his dwelling house being on the Gravesend portion. His will is dated Feb. 
10, 1797, proved Nov. 7, 1806 ; rec. on p. 43 of Lib. 2 in N. Y. Surr. Off. 
Devises nis lands to his four sons, share and share alike. Had issue : — 

71. i. Antie, b. 1750; m. Ab"" Stryker. No issue. 

72. ii. Roelof, bp. Mar. 8, 1752, in Kings County; d. June 13, 

1806. No issue. 

73. iii. Abraham, b. Ap' 11, 1759 '■> "''• J^^"^ 2, 1786, Antie Am- 

erman ; died Oct. 17, 1840. Owned and occupied the 
Flatlands side of the ancestral farm. No issue. 

74. iv. Isaac, b. 1762 ; m. Elizabeth -, ; d. Oct. 2, 1835. 

Resided in Flatlands with his brother, and had a dau. 
Maria. 

75. v. Margaret, b. Aug. 2, 1764; m. Feb. 9, 1781, John Wyck- 

off of Jamaica Roac) ; d. Ap' 16, 18405 had several 
children. 

76. vi. John, b. 1766; d. June 29, 1842, single. Owned and 

occupied the Gravesend side of the ancestral farm, was 
a surveyor, for many years Supervisor of the town of 
Gravesend, and one of the most influential citizens of 
Kings County. 

77. vii. Maria, m. Isaac Emmans of Gravesend; d. Aug. 8, 

1799. 

25. Gerret of Gravesend, had issue : — 

78. i. Roelof. 

26. Wir-LEMTjE. No fmther trace. 

27. Mahia. No further trace. 

28. Hyntie. No further trace. 

29. Aeltje. No further trace. 

30. Margrietje. Suppose m. June i, 1751, Jacobus Van Dyck. 

31. Antie ; m. and had issue : — Roelof, Johannes, and Maria ; 



i88o.] Early Settlers of Kings County, N. Y, l5r 

d. prior to the date of her father's will, in which the names of her children 
are given. 

Descendants of Albert Terhune (9) of Flatlands and Aeltje 
^Stevense Voorhees. 

32. John, m. Nelly Denyse, and inherited and occupied his father's 
farm in Flatlands. Was a deacon in the Dutch Church of Flatlands in 
1733' No account of his issue. 
u^ -^^i- Gerret. No further trace. 

34. Anna, suppose m. Cornelius Bulsen, and had a son Albert Bulsen, 
bp. May 9, 1742, in N. Y. 

35. Willemtje, ™. prior to 1730, Jacob Duryee, and had a son Jacob 
Duryee, bp. May 26, 1750, in Kings C°. 

^d. Sarah, suppose m. about 1730, Harmanus Barkeloo, and had issue : 
Maria Barkeloo; Johannes Barkeloo, bp. May i, 1734, in Kings C. ; 
Harmanus Barkeloo; Willemtje Barkeloo, b. May 5, 1739; Sarah Barke- 
loo, b. June 14, 1741 ; and Jaques Barkeloo, b. Feb. 21, 1747. 

Descendants of John Terhune of Hackinsack (ii) and Elizabeth 

Bertholf. 

37. Hendrike, bp. 1701 ; m. May, 1718, Jacob Dirkse Banta, and 
had issue : Elizabeth Banta, bp. 1720, and Hester Banta, bp. 1721. -^ 

38. Martina, bp. 1702; m. Hendrick Bertholf, and had issue: Ra-*, 
chel Bertholf, bp. 1724; Reinhart Bertholf, bp. 1726; and Stephen Bert- T 
holf, bp. 1728. . 

39. Albert, bp, 1704 ; m. Apr', 1720, Sarah Loe, and had issue : — },, 

79. i, Lidia, bp. 1732. 

80. ii. Steven, bp. 1737. Xs/^ 

40. Martinas, bp. 1706. No further trace. 

41. Sara, bp. 1708 ; m. May, 1726, Laurens Van Buskerk ; m. 2'', June, 

1741, Cornelis de Reamer. Member of Dutch Church of Hackensack in ^^^ 

1726. Had issue : — Aeltje Van Buskerk, bp. 1727 ; Jan Van Buskerk, bp. 
1729; and Hendrikje Van Buskerk, bp. 1732. 

42. Annatie, bp. 1710; m. Nov. 1749, Joost Zabriskie, and had 
issue : — Dirk Zabriskie, bp. 1760. 

43. GuLLiAM, bp. 1711. No further trace. 

44. Steven or Stefanus, bp. 1713; m. Sep. 1737, Susanna Alje ; m. 
2^ Nov. 1744, Maria Bogert. wid. Member of Dutch Church of Hack- 
ensack in 1754, where he resided. Had issue : — 

81. i. Jan, bp. 1738. A John Terhune commissioned Ensign 

in 1776, in the war of the Revolution, as per Stryker's 

N. J. lists. 
Petrus, bp. 1740. 
Elizabeth, bp. 1742. 
Margrietje, bp. 1745. 
Antjen, bp. 1746- 
Jacobus, bp. 1 748. A Jacob Terhune was commissioned 

Cap., Feb. 28, 1776, in the war of the Revolution, as 

per Stryker's N. J. lists. 
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1 66 Contributions to the History of the [Oct. 

87. vii. Albert, bp. 1752. 

88. viii. Guilliam, bp. 1753. 

Descendants of Stephen Terhune (13) and Lidia de Maree, of 

Hackensack. 

45. Albert, bp. 1708; m. Ap', 1723, Maretje Martesse. Member of 
Dutch Church of Hackensack in 1728. Had issue : — 

89. i. Jan, bp. 1725; m. Mar. 1749, Catalyntje Pell. Resided 

at Hackensack, and had issue, Maria, bp. 1754. 

90. ii. Martin, bp. 1727. 

91. iii. Stephanus or Stephen, bp. Sep. 18, 1730 ; m. July 3, 1759, 

Teshe or Letitia, dau. of Michael Hansen Bergen, of 
Brooklyn; d. about 1787. Joined the R, D. Church of 
N. Y. Dec. 26, 1 771, on certificate from Brooklyn. 
July 10, 1772, Stephen Terhune, Wm. Wentworth, and 
associates, petitioned the Governor and Council for a 
grant of 25,000 acres in the county of ^Gloucester, as 
per p. 574 of Calendar of N. Y. land papers. Have 
seen no account of the success of ^their application. 
Had issue : — Michael Bergen, b. Feb. 20, 1765 ; Cath- 
arine, b. 1764; Ehzabeth ; John; Stephen; Jacob, bp. 
March, 1775, in N. Y.; Albert; Sarah; and I<etitia. 

92. iv. Roelof, bp. 1733. 

93. V. Guilliam, bp. 1736. 

94. vi. Paulus, bp. 1739. 

46. Rachel, bp. 1709; m. Ap', 1728, Jacob Cornelius Ban ta, and 
had issue: — Stephen Banta, bp. 1733; Lidia Banta, bp. 1734; Steven 
Banta, bp. 1738; Steven Banta, bp. 1739; Samuel Banta, bp. 1742; 
Magdalena Banta, bp. 1746; Steven Banta, bp. 1750; and Hendrikje 
Banta, bp. 1753. 

47. Claes or Nicholas, bp. 1712. No further trace, except a Nicausa 
Terhune was commissioned Capt. in 1776, in the war of the revolution, 
as per Stryker's N. J. lists. 

48. David, bp. 1713; m. Oct. 1735, Sara^ Bogaert ; suppose m. 2^, 
Maretje Bogaert. Had issue : 

95. i. Steven, bp. 1737.] 

96. ii. Maria, bp. 1741. 

97. iii. Maria, bp. 1744. 

49. Hendrikje, bp. 1719; m. Dec, 1741, Gerret Hoppe, and had 
•issue : Andrew Hoppe, bp. 1742, and Lidia Hoppe, bp. 1744. 

Descendants of Albert or Albertus Terhune (20) and Anna 
Maria Ackerman, of Hackensack. 

50. Albert, bp. 1720; m. May, 1752, Jannetje VanderhofF. Had 
isBue : — 

98. i. Geesje, bp. 1752. 

99. ii. Johannes, bp. 1759. 
100. iii. Jacob, bp. 1767. 

51. Abram, bp. 1723. No further trace, except that an Ab"" Terhune 



i8So.] Early Settlers of Kings County, N. Y. jg^ 

was commissioned i'' Lieut, in the war of the revoKition, in 1776, as per 
Stryker's N. J. lists. 

52. Aeltje, bap. 1731 ; m. Apl. 1748, Jacob Zabriskie. 

53. Weyntje, bp. 1732. No further trace. 

54. Antje, or Annetje, bp. 1742. No further trace. 

Descendants of Johannes Terhune (21) of Hackensack, and Geesje 

R. Westervelt. 

55. Weyntje, bp. 1726. No further trace. 

56. Annetje, bp. 1727. No further trace. 

57. Effie, or Egge, bp. ; m. Thomas Vreelant, of Hacken- 
sack, and had issue : — Thomas Vreelant, bp. 1756 ; Trintje Vreelant, bp. 
1757 ; Abram Vreelant, bp. 1759 ! ^^^ Jacob Vreelant, bp. 1765. 

58. Retjen, or Eetjen, bp. 1732; m. Johannes Vreelant, and had 
issue : — Isaac Vreelant, bp. 1755 ; Johannes Vreelant, bp. 1756 ; Trientje 
Vreelant, bp. 1757 ; ;Abram Vreelant, bp. 1759; ^.nd Petrus Vreelant, bp. 
1761. 

59. Albert, bp. [Nov. 7, 1729; m., suppose, Sarah Beekman. Had 
issue : 

loi. i. Samuel, bap. 1744. 

60. Geertruyd, bp. 1734; suppose m. Sept. 1766, Tomas Banta, 
and had issue : — Geertruy Banta, bp. 1767 ; Joores Banta, bp. 1768 ; and 
Geertje Banta, bp. 1771, all at Schralenburg, N. J. 

61. Pieter, bap. 1738. No further trace. 

Descendants of Derk Terhune {22), of Hackensack, and Katha- 
rine. 

62. Albert, bp. Aug. i, 1728; suppose m. Mary Demarest. Had 
issue : — 

102. i. Catryntje, bp. 1753. 

103. ii. Margrite, bp. 1755. 

(iT^. Annatie, bp. 1730. No further trace. 

64. NiCASius, bp. 1733. No further trace. 

65. Weintjen, bp. 1737, at Schralenburgh. 
td. Jacob, bp. 1739. ^^ further trace. 

67. Elizabeth, bp. 1739. ^^ further trace. 

68. Joannes, bp. 1742. No further trace. 

69. Geertje, bp. 1 745. No further trace. 

70. Pieter, bp. 1 748. No further trace. 

Members of the Terhune family are numerous in Bergen and Hudson 
Counties, N. J., and they are also to be found in Monmouth,, Somerset, 
and other counties in said State. Some of them were loyalists in the war 
of the Revolution, who at its close emigrated to Canada and Nova Scotia. 
Others reside in the city of New York, in Dutchess and other counties of 
this State, but none of the male descendants of the original settler remain 
in the country towns of Kings County, whei^e. they were originally lar^e 
landowners and conspicuous citizens. 



l5g Genealogical Fragments. [Oct, 

GENEALOGICAL FRAGMENTS. 



By John J. Latting. 



(Continued from p. 74.) 

In the year 1659, Tob.ias Feake became involved in a litigation with 
William Hallett, which was protracted for several years. In his declara- 
tion or complaint the former charged that his uncle, Robert Feake, who 
was his guardian, had received his patrimony, and had never accounted for 
it, or paid it over to him, except a small part thereof; that during his 
uncle's absence in England, Hallett had obtained possession of all the 
property and estate of his uncle, and he sought, in this suit, to charge 
Hallett with payment of his demands. The plaintiff was defeated on the 
first trial before the magistrates of Flushing — Hallett having produced a 
letter from Robert Feake asserting that he had paid the debt, and also a 
written agreement made between him and Robert Feake, by which the 
latter surrendered and conveyed to him all his property. Subsequently, 
a revision of the case was had before the same court upon additional 
evidence, but the judgment was affirmed. The case was carried up on 
appeal to the Governor and Council sitting at New Amsterdam, in June, 
1662 — Solomon La Chair acting as attorney and counsel for the appellant, 
in whose behalf he strenuously urged that "According to the common 
*' rule of law, orphans cannot suffer nor be wronged by any contract con- 
" eluded to their prejudice by their guardian, but, on the contrary, have a 
"legal mortgage on the guardian's property." It was insisted further that 
" the pretended agreement was made by the said uncle at the time when 
" he was wholly deprived of reason, and incapable of managing his civil 
" affairs, and therefore was not valid even in regard to the uncle, much 
" less in regard to the appellant, whom at all events it could not prejudice, 
" for the uncle could not convey his estate and property, being by legal 
" mortgage bound to the orphan whose property he administered, less en- 
" cumbered to the defendant than he had possessed it himself." 

We are left in doubt as to the result of the appeal — La Chair's Register, 
from which these particulars are obtained, containing no further entry of 
the proceedings. At what date the death of Mrs. Feake occurred has 
not been ascertained. It was probably as early as 1660-61. Tobias 
Feake had by her one child, a son, whom he named James in memory of 
his deceased father, the London goldsmith. 

He subsequently married for. his second wife Mary widow 

of of Flushing, by whom he had at least one daughter 

T[idi.n\Q& Judith — probably in memory of his sister Mrs. Palmer. 

While the appeal in the suit with Hallett above referred to was pend- 
ing, intelligence was received through the public authorities that there was 
a considerable estate at the Hague, in Holland, to which the children of 
Anneke Van Beyeren were entitled, and which awaited distribution. It 
was for the purpose of recovering this estate that Tobias Feake, about 
this time, left his home for Holland. He sailed from New Amsterdam in 
the ship Arent in the month of July, 1662. [Notarial Register of Solomon 
Lachair. O'Callaghan's Translation.] The object of his journey was 
attained, and the proceeds of the estate, which were the share of the 
children of the deceased wife of Mr. Feake, he transmitted to his second 
wife and son at Flushing. While in Holland on this occasion, he presented 



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to the West India Company at Amsterdam, the petition for an award for 
his services before referred to. What was the occasion or fortune which 
induced him to continue longer abroad is not known, but it appears that he 
subsequently entered the naval service of England. In the Public Record 
Office in London, among domestic papers temp. Charles II., appears the fol- 
lowing letter, evidently in the handwriting of the ex-Sheriff of Flushing : 

Hon'^'' Srs. According unto yo' Order of the \<f' Instant wee are 
come unto an Anchor att Erith * where we shall ride untill such time as 
wee have further orders from yo' hon]?''^ 

Yo" to serve you 
Tobias ffeke. 
firom aboard his 
Maj'y= Hyred 
Shyp Loy" Subject 
this twentiedi day of 
June 1666. 

(Superscribed.) 
ffor the Hon'''' S' W" Coventry or any of the Hons'* his Majesty's Com- 
missioners at the Navy office in Seething Lane, these I pray humbly 
Present. 

That he continued abroad in the service of the English government is 
probable. We find no further account of, or allusion to him in the pullic 
records until the latter part of the year 1669, at which time he had deceased. 

His son James, above referred to, married Mary, the daughter of his 
step-mother by her first husband. Mary, the widow of Tobias Feake, sur- 
vived until 1692, when she died at Flushing, leaving a will, dated 20th of 
nth month (January), 1691 ; proved before the Court of Common Pleas at 
Jamaica, May 20th, 1692. [Lib. A, of Wills in Que'^n's County Clerk's 
office, p. 7,] 

James Feake, with Daniel (Kirk-) Patrick, his half-brother, the son of 
his mother, Anneke, by Capt. Patrick, her first husband, subsequently, in 
the year 1705, removed to Westchester County, and in the month of 
October of that year, made a joint purchase of lands at Castle Hill Neck, 
Kirk-patrick died in 1721, leaving his widow, Dinah (Yates), and one son, 
Daniel, surviving. Division was then made between them of the lands. 
[Lib. E, of Deeds Westchester County, p. 285, etc.] Yxom. the numerous 
conveyances of real estate in this county by James Feake subsequently to 
this date, until the year 1726, in which no wife unites, it is to be inferred that 
she had previously died. He died (probably) about 1 727, but left no issue. 



Frost. 
Families bearing this surname, all possibly sprung from one common 
ancestor, were seated in various parts of England at the beginning of the 
seventeenth century. William Frost, an early immigrant to this country, is 
believed to have been of the family then residing at, or in the vicinity of 
Binstead, in Hampshire, where many of the name are still found. The 
exact time of his arrival here is unknown. He appears to have had a resi- 
dence in Oyster Bay, Long Island, in 1672. In this year (September 
26th), he is named in the Town Records of Brookhaven, otherwise called 

* Erith is on the river Thames, a little below Woolwich. 



I no Genealogical Fragments. [Oct., 

Setauket, as a new purchaser, then of Oyster Bay, and is awarded by the 
Town " a new purchaser's accommodations, to wit, a piece of land 
between Mr. Brewsters and Thomas Thorp for a home lot, and the rest 
where it can be found convenient, so that it may not be prejudicial to 
highways and watering ; the said Frost paying the purchase as others do." 

I find no warrant for the statement by Thompson, in his History of 
Long Island (Vol. L, p. 409), that he was one of the original proprietors 
of that settlement in 1655. It is improbable. He must have been very 
young at that date, probably too young to be entitled to that importance. 
Further, being named as a "new purchaser" in the above entry, would 
imply that he had not been a proprietor there before. Presumably his 
residence in Setauket was of comparatively short duration. 

The fertility of the Matinecock valley and the adjacent lands, and the 
advantages of the appurtenant salt meadows and creeks, appear to have 
early attracted the settlers of Oyster Bay. The Indian occupants were a 
friendly and inoffensive tribe, and easy terms of purchase could be made 
with them. Captain John Underbill was among the first purchasers here, 
and gave it the name of Kenilzvorth, erroneously corrupted into Keleti- 
worth and Killingworth, by which several designations it is called in many 
of the deeds given by the Indian proprietors. It is safe to assume that 
the captain bestowed this appellation upon the settlement in honor of the 
town of that name in Warwickshire, supposed to have been his native place. 

In the month of June, 1667, one William Simson, or Simpson, pur- 
chased of the Matinecock Indians a tract of forty acres, then described as 
woodland, with appurtenant rights in " the undisposed medoAVS, fresh and 
salt, with crik thatch with y* benefits of y^ cricks and coves, with fre hunt- 
ing, fishing, fouling, with y* benefit of all mineralls according to law." 
Here he erected a dwelling house, and resided for several years, until the 
month of December, 1674, when he conveyed it, with all his improve- 
ments, to William Frost, described as of Seatacote or Brookhaven. The 
latter had previously allied himself to the then influential family of Wright^ 
of Oyster Bay, by marriage with Rebecca, the daughter of Nicholas 
Wright. I have not been able to ascertain the date of this marriage, but 
it was certainly as early as 1673, as she is a legatee by this name in the 
will of her uncle Anthony Wright, made May 20, 1673.* She had been 
married, in 1662-63, to Eleazer Teverich, of Huntington, son of the Rev. 
William Leverich, but was divorced from him, on the ground of his impo- ; 
tency, by decree of the Court of Assize, entered October 22, 1670. 

William Frost undoubtedly removed at once with his wife to his new 
purchase, and here established his permanent abode, acquiring adjacent 
lands by purchase from time to time, and enlarging his estate, until he be- 
came one of the chief proprietors in the town. The grounds which con- 
stituted his first purchase have ever since continued in the possession and 
occupation of his descendants. 

He died about 1 718-19, and was buried on his own land, a short dis- 
tance from the spot where his dwelling stood. His grave formed the nu- 
cleus around which his descendants, for successive generations, have been 
gathered to their last resting-place. He left the following will : 

March y'' 28^ 1698. 
I, William Frost being sick of body, but perfect in memory, itam I 
give and bequeath to my two sons William Frost and Wright Frost all my 

* N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. III., p. 37. 



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land and meadows equally to be divided amongst them and all my move- 
ables I give and bequeath to my wife, and afifter her decease to be equally 
divided between my two sons, William and Wright Frost, and my two sons 
to take care of theire mother, and to see that shee wants for nothing as 
long as shee doth live and I doe impower my two sons William Frost and 
Wright Frost to receve all depts which is due to me, and to pay all depts 
which I doe owe that can be made appeare. 

1. William Frost doe confirme all my Abovesaid Lands and meadows 
specified, and bequeath it to them as Abovesaid William Frost my Eldest 
sonn and Wright Frost my youngest sonn, to them their heirs forever, 
and if one of them should dey or decease before the other then it shall 
both returne to the other, and if they both die or decease without issu, 
then to Returne to any of the frosts that desended from Georg frost born 
in Bensteed two miles from farnum in Hampstieir in Old England, to the 
first heirs or heireses soe desending, as abovesaid This is my last will 
and testament as witness my hand and seale 

Testate William Frost. 

George Codner 
The X mark 

of Edward Wright 

Hannah Sibley 

Aaron ffonnan 

Issue : 

2. i, William. 

3. ii. Wright. 

2. William Frost, son of William ' and Rebecca (Wright) Frost, re- 
sided at Matinecock, on the farm left by his father. He married Han- 
nah Prior, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Bowne) Prior of Matinecock. She 
was b. lo"" Month (Dec.) 22, 168 r. He is said to have been accidentally 
killed on the 29* November, 1728, while engaged in slaughtering a beef, 
which fell upon him. He died intestate. His wife survived him, and d. 
Dec. 18, 1771. 

Issue : 

4. i. William, b. 29 Oct., 1702. 

5. ii. George, b, Nov. 15, 1704. 

6. iii. Samuel, b. April 25, 1706. 

7. iv. John, b. Jan'y 12, 1708/9. 

8. V. Benjamin, b. June 9, 1710. ^ 

9. vi. Rebecca, b. Oct. 28, 17 14. 

10. vii. Isaac, b. June 3, 17 16. 

11. viii. Thomas, b. July 17, 1718. 

12. ix. Hannah, b. Oct. 10, 1720; m. Feb. 19, 1762, Robert 

Mitchell Baxter ; d. April 2, 1809, s. p. 

13. X. Sarah, b. Sep. 2, 1728. 

3. Wright Frost, son of William' and Rebecca (Wright) Frost, b. 
about 1676-7. This date is given upon- the authority of a deposition, in 
my possession, made by him May 16, 1733, in which he states his age, at 
that time, to be " fifty six years or thereabouts." Mar^. Mary, dau. of 

resided on the Homestead, at Matinecock; d. May 28* 1738. 
Left the following will. 

(To be continued.) 



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RECORDS OF THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH IN THE 
CITY OF NEW YORK.— Marriages. 



INGESCHREVEN. 

[Dec. 1698.] 
den 6 dicto. 



den 9 dicto. 

Eodem. 
den 24 dicto. 

den 30 dicto. 



(688) 
den 28 Jan. 



den 15 Febr. 

den 25 dicto. 
den I Apr. 

den 7 dicto. 
den 10 dicto. 

Eodem. 



(Continued from Vol. IX,, p. 132, of The Record.) 

Jan Wanshaer, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en 
Susanna de Nys, j. d. als boven, beyde 
woonende alhier. 

Gerrit Roelofszen, j. m. Van 't fort 
Orangien, en Maryken Jans Dufoert, 
j. d. Van de Defitelbay, de Eerste 
wonende aen't fort Orangien, en twee- 
de alhier. 

Jan Laecton, j. m. Van N. York, en 
Maria Konings, j. d. als boven., beyde 
wonende alhier. 

Abraham Rycke, j. m. Van de Armen 
Bouvvereye, en Anna Catharina May- 
ers, j. d. Van N. Haerlem, de Eerste 
"op de Armen Bouwerye, en twede tot 
N. Haerlem. 

Anthony Rutgers, j. m. Van N. Alba- 
nien, en Hendrickje Van de Water, 
j. d. Van N. York, beyde woonende 
alhier, 

A° 1699. 

Cap' David Provoost, Wed' Van Helena 
Byvanck, en Maria de Pe3>ster, laest 
Wed^ Van John Spratt. beyde woo- 
nende alhier. 

Michiel Van der Koeck, j." m. Uyt 
Zeelt, en Saertje Joosten, j. d. Van 
Breuckelen, de Eerste woonende al- 
hier, en twede op Betfort. 

Caspariis Blanck, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 
en Agnietje Post, j. d. als boven, 
beyde woonende alhier, 

Lodowyck Ackerman, Wed"' Van Janne- 
ken Bleydt, en Hillegond Bosch, ge- 
boren tot N. Yorck, beyde Avoonende 
alhier. 

Hendrick Mandeviel, Wed" Van Elisa- 
beth Jans, j. d. Van N. Albanien, 
beyde woonende alhier. 

Cozyn Gerritszen, j, m. Van Stuyvesants 
Bouwerye, en Catalina Van Gunst, j. 
d. Van N, Yorck. beyde woonende 
alhier. 

Samliel 's Jakaen, j. m. Van N. Yorck., en 
Neeltje Gerrits, j. d. Van Stuyvesants 
bouwerye, beyde woonende alhier. 



GETROnWT. 



den 8 Decemb. 
per licentie. 

den 24 dicto. 



den 27 dicto. 
tot N. Haerlem. 



den 30 dicto 
per licentie. 



per licentie den 
29 Jan. 



Met Vertoogna 
Breuckelen. 



den 20 Mart, 
den 18 Apr. 

den 21 dicto, 
den 30 diet. 

Eodem. 



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INGESCHREVEN, 

den 18 dicto. 



den 28 dicto. 
den 14 May 
den 26 dicto. 



(689) 
den 26 May 



den 31 dicto 

den 2. Jun. 
den 9 dicto. 
den 19 J61. 

Eodem. 
den 29 dicto. 
den 26 dicto. 
den 28 dicto. 
den 3 Aug. 



Enoch Hill, Grayer, laest Wed"- Van Getrouwt El- 
Elisab' Chaspels, en Mary Shaal, ders zonder 
Wed^ Van Go wing Bostzone. beyde Vertoog.* 
woonende alhier. 

Willem Shackerley, j. m. Van N. Yorck, den 30 May. 
en Debora Van Dyck, j. d. Van N. Al- 
banien., beyde woonende alhier. 

Jan Breedstede., j. m. Van. en 



Marritje Pieters, j, d. Van. 
beyde woonende alhier. 



per licentie den 
14 May. 



Jan Van der Beeck, j. m. Van N. Yorck, den 23 Jun. 
en Lysbeth Woeder, j. d. Uyt Supra, 
beyde wonende alhier. 



Hendrick tenBroeck, j. m. Van N, per licentie den 

Yorck, en Tryntie Jans Van Rom- 31 May. 

men, j. d. als boven, beyde woonende 

alhier. 
Jacobus Provoost, j. m. Van N. Alba- per licentie den 

nien en Maria Van der Poel, j. d. als i Jun. 

boven., d' Eerste woonende achter 

KoU en twede alhier. 
Joris Walgraef, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en den 30 dicto. 

Susanna Woeders, j. d. als boven., 

beyde woonende alhier. 
Johannes Koster, j. m. Van Hamburg, den 16 dicto. 

en Machteltje Paiilus, j. d. Van Am- 
sterdam., bevde woonende alhier. 
Willem Willemszen, j. m. Van N. Yorck, den 26 Jul. 

en Susanna Moll, Wed*" Van Hiero- 

nymus Van Bommel, 'd Eerste wo- 
nende omtrent de Hoerenkil, en 

twede alhier. 
Michiel Stephenszen, j. m. Van Dant- den 26 dicto. 

zich, en Reyertje Mol. j. d. Van N. 

Yorck. beyde woonende alhier. 
Samson Bensum, junior, j. m. Van N. Met vertoog tot 

Alb. Maria Meyers j. d. Van Haer- Haerlem. 

lem. bevde wonende op N. Haerlem. 
Jacob Balck, j. m. Van Amsterdam, den 14 Aug. 

en Sara Van Tienhoven, j. d. Van N. 

Yorck. beyde woonende alhier. 
Hendrick Brefoort, j. m. Van N. Yorck, den 26 dicto. 

Mar\'ken Gouwenhoven, j. d. Van 

Noortwyck. beyde wonende alhier. 
Lodewyck Van den Berg. j. m. en Elsje den 5 Aug. met 

tenB'roeck, j. d. Van N. Yorck. bey- een licentie. 

de woonende alhier. 



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INGESCHREVEN. 

den 1 8 dicto. 



(690) 
den 26 dicto. 



den 27 dicto. 
den 15 Sept. 
den 29 dicto. 
den 6 Octob. 
den 17 dicto. 
den 27 dicto. 
Eodem. 
den 3 Nov. 

den 9 dicto. 
den 24 dicto. 
den 10 Dec. 



(691) 
den 13 dicto. 



GETROUWT. 



Benjamin d'Harriette, j. m. Van Ra- 
chel, Anna Outmans, j. d. Van Am- 
sterdam, beyde woonende alhier. 

Jan Jeuriaenszen, j. m. Van Dantzig. 
en Anneken Roos, Wed' Van Paulus 
Janszen. beyde woonende alhier. 

Albert de Frese, j. m. Van Bremen, en 
Belitje Liiersen, j. d. Van N.- Yorck. 
beyde woonende alhier. 

Samuel Dee, j. ni. Van Roodt Eyl'. en 
Celitje Salomons,], d. Van N. Yorck. 
beyde woonende alhier. 

Petrus Bayard, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en 
Rachel van Balen j. d. Van Amsterd. 
beyde woonende alhier. 

Robbert Jacobzen, j. m. Van Rotter- 
dam en Anna Bruyn, j. d. Uyt de 
Esopus. beyde woonende alhier. 

Jacobus Coljer, Wed' Van Margcken 
deWit. Marrycken Tham Wed' Van 
Claes Wols. beyde woonende alhier. 

Gabriel Thibou, j. m. Uyt Engel' en 
Maria Coely, j. d. Van N. Yorck. 
beyde woonende alhier. 

M' Pieter Belyn, laest Wed' V, Susan- 
na dharitte. Maria de Key, j. d. Van 
N. Yorck beyde woonende alhier. 

Pieter Janszen Boeckolt, AVed' V. Lys- 
beth Pater, Elsje Jeiiriaens, Wed' V. 
Thomas Verdon. beyde woonende al- 
hier. 

Johannes Vanderheiil, j. m. Van N. 
Yorck, en Jannetje Rosenvelt j. d. 
beyde woonende tot N. Yorck. 

Pieter Siinkam, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 
en Maryken Rommeiis, j. d. als 
boven. beyde woonende alhier. 

Willem Echt, j. m. Van Rotterdam, 
en Marritje Van Dyck, j. d. Van 
Amsterdam, b'eyde woonende al- 
hier. 



den 7 Sept. 

den II dicto. 
Eodem. 
den 6 Oct. 
den 5 dicto. 
den 1 7 dicto. 
den 16 Nov. 
den 22 dicto. 



per licentie ge- 
trouwtden28 
Oct. 

den 21 Nov. 



per licentie ge- 
trouwt den 1 1 
Nov. 

beyde getrouwt 
door D° Gu- 
altherus Du- 
bois. 



A° 1700. 

D° Giialtherus Dubois, Predic' tot N. Primo Jan. 
Yorck, en Helena Van Balen j. d. Van 
Amsterdam, beyde woonende alhier. 
Nota ; des Tweeparen zyn per licen- 
tie getrouwt op het Eynde Vanhet 
Verleden jaar. 



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INGESCHREVEN. 

den 1 6 dicto. 
den 30 dicto. 



Isaacq Selover, laest Wed' Van Jan- ' 
neken Wilkenhoff, en Judith Wald- 
ron Van N. York, den 26 Dec. 

John Mayson, j. m. uyt Schotlandt, )■ 
en EUsabeth Lens, Wed'^ Van Lens | 
Roosdol. beyde woonende alhier, | 
getrouwt, den 31 Decemb. ^ J 



Beyden door 
Ilenr. Selyns. 



den 16 Jan. 
den 15 Mart, 
den 6 Apr. 
den 13 dicto. 
Eodem. 
den 18 dicto. 
den 23 dicto. 
den 24 dicto. 

(692) 
den 8 May. 

den 17 diet. 

den 30 dicto. 

den 7 Jiin. 



A° 1700. 

Stephen de Lancy j. m. Van en per licentie den 

Anna Van. Cortlandt j. d. Van N. 23 dicto. 

Yorck. beyde woonende alhier. 
Evert Van de Water, j. ni. Van N. Yorck, den 1 9 dicto 

en Catharina Provoost, j. d. als boven. met Hcentie. 

bej^de woonende alhier. 
Johannes Herry, j. m. Van N Albani- den 26 April. 

en. en Jannetje Missepadt, j. d. Uyt 

ZeeP, beyde woonende alhier. 
Daniel Berckeloo, j. m. Van N. Amers- den 4 May. 

fort, en Lysbeth Gerrits, j. d.Van N. 

Yorck. beyde woonende alhier. 
Rutgert Waldron, j. m. Van N. Yorck, Eodem. 

en Deborj,-Pel, j. d. uyt Supra, bey- 
de woonende alhier. 
Henricus Vanderheul, j. m. en Maria den2iApr. met 

Meyers j. d. beyde geboren, een licentie 

en woonende alhier. 
Alexander Baird, j. m. Uyt Schotl'. en den 24 dicto 

Magdalena Van Vleck Wed' 'Van met een licentie 

Henr. Kip. bev'de woonende alhier. 
Johannes Veet, j. m. Van Brisack, in den 25 dicto 

Sweden en Catharina Meyers, j. d. met een li- 

Van N. Yorck. beyde woonende al- centie 

hier. 



Pieter Bussen. j. m. en Rebecca Fer- den 7 Jiin. 

nielje. j. d. beyde geboren 

en woonachtig tot N. Haerlam. 
Pieter Henijon, j. m. Van N. Yorck, den 9 dicto 

en Mary ken Van Noodt. Van Sche- 

nechtade, beyde woonende alhier. 
Johannes Eogart, j. m. Van N. Haerlem, 

en, Claesje Van Scha\'ck, j. d. Van 

N. Yorck. d' Eerste woonende op N. 

Haerlem en twede alhier. 
Wilhelmus Coely, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 

en. Dina Cloppers, j. d. als boven. 

beyde woonende alhier. 



den 16 dicto. 



Getrouwt door 
D° Dubois. 



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GETRO0WT. 



INGESCHREVEN. 

den 13 c'icto. Benjamin Quackenbosch, j, m. Van N. den 14 Jul- 
Albanien, en Claesje Webbers, j, d. 
Van de Armen Bouwerye. beyde 
woonende onitrent Stiiyvesants Bou- 
werye. 

den 22 dicto. David Mandiviel, j. m. Van N. Amers- den 19 dicto 
fort, en Marritie Van Hoesem, j. d. 
Van N. Albanien, d' Eerste tot N. 
Yorck, en twede tot N. Albanien. 

den 13 Jul. Isaacq. Bratt, j. m. Van N. Albanien, den I'Aug. 

en Dievertje Wessels, j. d. Van N. 
Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 

Eodem. Nicolaes Parcel, j. m. Van. en den 4 Aug. 

Aeltje Heyers, j. d. Van N. Yorck. 
d' Eerste op Beeren EyP. en twede 
alhier. 

den 20 dicto. Thomas Evens, j. m. Van London in den 13 dicto. 
Engel'., en Engeltje Sipkens, j. d. • 
Van N. Yorck. beyde woonende al- 
hier. 

den 17 Aug. Jeremias Borry, j. ,m. Van Nieuw den 10 Sept. 

Thuyn. en Cornelia Eckinson, j. d. 
Van N. Yorck. beyde woonende al- 
hier. 

den 20 dicto. Johannes Texsel, j. m. Van N. Yorck, den 5 October 
en Catharina Springsteen, j. d. Van Met vertoog, 
't lange EyP. beyde woonende op de na 't Hoge 
H". Steph.' Cortlandt landt landt 

den 7 Sept. Adrianiis Van Streyden, j. m. Van Bode- 

graven, en Adriaentie Hoogenboom, 
Wed. Van Jan Span, beyde woonende 
alhier. 

den II dicto. Simon Pascoo., en Margariet Stephens, den 12 Sept 
j. d. Van N. Yorek., beyde woonen- met een li- 
de alhier. licentie 

Eodem. Abraham Van Horen, j. m. Van N. den i6dictomet 

Yorck, en Maria Provoost, j. d. als een licentie 
boven, beyde woonende alhier. 

den 5 Octob. Jacob Hassing, j. m. Van N. Yorck, den 31 Oct. 

en Emerentia Van Gelder, j. d. als 

boven, beyde woonende alhier. 
den 24 dicto. Wiljam Provoost, j. m. en Aefje Van den 20 Nov. 

Exveen, j. d. beyde geboren en woo- 

nachtig alhier. 
Eodem. Fr^ednck Blom., j. m. en Annetje Mon- den i Dec. 

tagnie, j. d. beyde geboren en woo- 
"^ende alhier. 
den 25 Nov. Robert Croakerts, en Susanna Peters- met een licentie 

zen. den 25 Nov. 



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INGESCHREVEN. 

den 5 Nov. 
Eodem. 
den 19 Dec. 



A" \io\ 
den 3 Jan. 

den 9 dicto. 



1700. 18 Dec. 
den 21 Febr. 

den 15 Mart. 

den I Mart. 

den 2 dicto. 
den 21 dicto. 

den 28 dicto 

{694) 
den 31 diet. 

den 18 Apr. 

den 12 dicto. 

den 25 dicto. 



Met Att. Van 
de Fransche 
Kercke. 

Eodem. 



Thomas Achtent, Wed" Van , en 

Elisabeth Lingelant, 

Focco Heyrmans, en Margareta 

• Ekkens. 
Simon Van Es, Wed' Van N. 

Albanien, en Hester de La Meter, 

j. d. Van N. Albanien. 



Johan Routier en Catharina Corssen. 

Claes Pieterszen, j. m. Van Hamburg, 
en Catahna Andries, j, d. Van N. 
Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. • 

Willjam Laurier en Abigail Persons. 

Jacob ten P2yck, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 

en Neeltje Hardenberg, j. d. als 

boven. beyde woonende alhier. 
Claes Borger, Wed" Van , en 

Rebecca Bradt. j. d. Van N. Yorck. 

beyde woonende alhier. 
Johannes Provoost, j. m. en Sarah 

Baely, j. d. 
John Daeyly, en Geertruyd Roomen. 
Jan Stadt, j. m. Van Boston, en Mary 

Fraest, Wed^ als boven. 
John Gorne, j. m. en Marry Herris, 

Wed'= Van N, Albanien. 



Jan Janszen Van der Mter, j. m., en 
Lysbeth Hoist, j. d. Van N. Yorck, 
beyde woonende alhier. 

Willem Sims, j. m. Van N. Yorck, en 
Marycken Barryck, j. d. Van N. Al- 
banien. 

Willem Douler, j. m. Uyt Yerlandt, en 
Catharina Stridles, j. d. Van N. Al- 
banien. 

Willjam Pembarton, Soldaet, Wed" Van 
Londen, en Judith Thomas, Wed^ 
Van N. Yorck. beyde woonende al- 
hier. 

Henry Monye, j. m. Van Bordeaiix, en 
Marianne Grasseth, j. d. V^an Rochel, 
beyde woonende alhier. 

Jacob Marius Groen, j. m. Van Haesd- 
recht, en Maryken Salisbury, j. d. 
Van N. Albanien. beyde woonende 
alhier. 



GETROUWT. 

den 29 dicto. 

Eodem. 

A° 1 701 den 15 
Jan. 



Meteenlicentie 

den 4 dicto. 
den 5 Febr. 



nieteen licentie 
den 29 Jan. 

met een licentie 
den 25 Febr. 

Meteenlicentie 
den 15 Mart. 

den 25 dicto. 

den 28 dicto. 
d^n 6 Apr. 

den I dicto. 



den 18 Apr. 
den II May. 
den 20 April, 
den II May 

den 30 Apr. 
den 15 May. 



178 Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. [Oct. 



INOESCIIREVEN. 

den 7 May Elbert Willet, j. m. Van Vlissingen , en 

Annatje Van Varick, j. d. Van Hem, 

in Noordt Holl'. 
den 25 April. Elias Brevoor, j. m. Van N. Haerlem, 

en Margrietje Jans, j. d. Van N. 

Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 
den 2 May. Evert Van Wagenum, j. m. in de Eso- 

piis, en Marritje Van Heyningen, j. d. 

Van N. Yorck 
den 10 dicto. Johannes Corneliszen, j. m. Van N. 

Haerlem., en Wyntie Dyckmans, 

j. d. Van N. Albanien. 
den 16 dicto. Eduard Hassick, j. m. iiyt Yerlandt, 

en Judith Jans, Van N. Engelandt. 

beyde woonende alhier. 
den 22 dicto. Henricus Courten, j. m. Van N. Yorck, 

en Elisabeth de Riemer, j. d. Van 

Meeuwis, beyde woonende alhier. 
den 6 Jim. Johannes Vreelandt, j. m., en Maria 

Beger. 
den 23 May. Abraham Provoost, j. m. Van N. Alba- 
nien, en Janneken Meyer, j. d. Van 

N. Yorck, beyde woonende alhier. 
den 7 Jun. Abraham Replee, j. m. Uyt oudt EngeP, 

en Elisabeth Grandt, j. d. Van Boston. 
den 8 dicto. Jan Brieding, j. m. uyt oudt EngeP, en 

Clara Bosy, j, d. Van N. Albanien. 
den dicto. Petrus Hardenbroeck, j. m., geboren 

omtrent Ceulen,f en Catharina Van 

der Poel, j. d. Van N. Albanien. 
den 26 dicto. Pieter Bandt, en Maria Van Hoven. 



GETKOUWT. 



Meteenlicentie 
den 13 May 

den 16 dicto. 



Getrouwt in de 
Esopus. 

Getrouwt den 
26 dicto tot. 
N. Haerlem. 



Meteenlicentie 
den 23 dicto. 

Meteenlicentie 
den 8 Jun. 

Met een licentie 
den 27 May. 

Vertrocken en 
niet getrouwt.* 
den 26 Jun. 

den 21 Jun met 

een licentie 

Met en licentie 
den 28 dicto. 



(556) 



Liber C. 

TROUW BOEK 

Of lyst der Personen die hier 

ten 

Huwelyken Staat 

Ingeschreven 

Enhier of Cuiten dere Stadt 

Getrouwt Zyn 

of ook met een 

Licentie 

Zig ten 

Huwelyk 

begeeren hebben 

't Sedert den 5 July in 't jaar 

des Heeren 

1701 



* Departed and not married. t Bom in the vicinity of Ceulen. 



'.] Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. i 70 

[Translation.] 

[BOOK OF MARRIAGES; 

or list of persons registered for marriage, 
who have been married here or out- 
side of the City. 
And also those, who have entered into 
the bonds of wedlock with a license 
Since the 5th of July in the 
Year of our Lord. 
1701.J 



(557) 



Personen met geboden getrouwt 



INGESCHREVEN. 



A° 1 701 
Julius Augiist : Adrian Quakkenbosch j. m. Van N. 
Ingeschreven Alb^. met Annetje Cornelis, j. d. Van 
den 2 Augustus, Van N. Haarl. 

den 12 Septemb. Matth\'s Smak j. m. Van N. utrecht met 

Elisabeth Stevens Wed. Van N: York 
den 12, d° Jan Kuiir j. rn. Van Engl'., met Gerritje 

Gerritz j. d. Van N. York 
den 3 October. Philp. Delly j. m. Van Staatenylandt 

met Cornelia Van Gelder j. d. Van 

N. York 



GETROUWT. 1 

Getrouwt tot 
Haarlem 
den ?2 Au- 
gustus 1 701 

den 28 Sept. 
den 22 Octob. 



Anno 1702. 

den 23 decemb'. Johannes byvang j. m. Van N Alban^ den i Januaries 

met Aaltje Hcoglandt, Jonge docbter 1702 
den 30 January Johannes JVIeyer j. m. Van N. Haarl"" 
1702 met Tryntje Van Dalse, j. d. Van N. 

Haarlm 
den 14 Maert. Thomas Siggelse, j. m. Van N Alban^ den 5 April 1 

met Jannetje Brevoort j. d. Van 

Haarlem, 
den 10 April. Michiel Jansze j. m. Van N. York met den 26 April 

Marytje Stevens j. d. Van N. York 



(558) 
A° 1 701 

Julyus de licen- 
tie gereekent 
den 3 July 

den 7 Augustus. 

den 9 d° 

den 25 d°. 

den 5 Septem- 
ber. 

den 8 October 



Personen met en licentie getrouwt 

Andries ten Broek met Lyntie Splin- Getrouwt alhier 

ters de 5 July 1701 

Thomas Evens, met Jane Timmer den 9 August. 

Adriaan Man. met Hester Boerden. den 10. d°. 

Francois Van Dyke met Fytje Dirksz. den 26 d°. 

John Mantajgne met Elisabeth Fred- den 8 Septemb. 

rikz. 

Kielian Van Renslaar met Maria Van den 15 October 

Cortlandt 



l3o Notes and Queries. [Oct., 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 

Emerson. — Rev. Ezekiel Emerson is stated to have been born at Uxbridge, Mass., 
February 14, 1735 ; graduated at Princeton 1763 ; ordained as pastor of the church at 
Georgetown, Me., July 3, 1765, where he died November 4, 1S15. Who were his pa- 
rents? And what relationship, if any, did he bear to Rev. Joseph Emerson, first min- 
ister of Mendon, the adjoining town to Uxbridge ? i.. 

Drownk. — What was the maiden surname of Esther, who married Solomon, son of 
Leonard Drowne, November 8, 1705, at house of Mr. Benjamin Jones, in New Bristol, 
Mass., now Bristol, R. I., and who were her parents ? H. T. D. 

Drowne. — Leonard Drowne, b. 1646; d. October 31, 1729; came from the West 
of England, From what place, and who were his ancestors ? H. T. D. 

MoTT, OF Cow Neck, Long Island. — " Thompson's Long Island " (II., 57) derives 
the Motts of North Hempstead from the Adam Mott, of Cambridge, England, who in July, 
1635, at the age of thirty-nine, with his wife, Sarah, aged thirty-one, and children, John, 
aged fourteen, Adam, twelve, Elizabeth, Mary, etc., sailed from London in the ship 
" Defence " for Boston. This Adam Mott and his family may be traced at Boston, and 
subsequently in Rhode Island for a good many years. (See Savage : " Gen. Die. N. E.") 
But I am not able to authenticate the connection between this Adam Mott and the first 
Adam Mott, of Hempstead, and, as one of the descendants on my mother's side of the 
Hempstead Adam, I seek information. 

Our known ancestor, Adam Mott, of Flempstead (1619-16S6), we can trace in exist- 
ing records. He was the ancestor of Dr. Valentine Mott and hosts of others. He was 
in New Amsterdam in 1646, and received a grant of land on Newtown Creek from the 
Dutch government. The records of the Dutch Church show that on the 28th of July, 
1647, he married Jane Hulet, of Budiilgham, and he there enters himself as of Essex. 
His oldest son, Adam, was baptized on the 14th of November, 1649, and his second son, 
James, on the 5th of October, 1651. The existing records of Hempstead show under 
date 17th March, 1657, that Adam Mott was one of the " townsmen for that year," and 
his name frequently occurs in the town records after that date. On the 24th February, 
1663-4. he, with Capt. John Underhill and David Denton, signed on behalf of the Eng- 
lish settlers an agreement with the Dutch Government. (" O'Callaghan's N. Nether- 
lands," II., 578.) His will, dated 12th March, 1681-2, is now on record in the Surro- 
gate's Office of New York, and he there describes himself as about sixty years of age. 
This will makes special mention of his second wife, Elizabeth, and the children he had 
by her. We know that she was the daughter of John Richbell, the first patentee of 
Mamaroneck. His children were Richbell, Mary Ann, Adam, William, and Charles. 
He thus had two sons, each named Adam, living at the same time, and was hence 
obliged in his will to speak of " my oldest son Adam " and '• my youngest son Adam." 

Thompson seems to have supposed, and others have followed him, that this Adam 
Mott, of Hempstead, was the son Adam who at the age of twelve came with his father 
in the ship " Defence" from London to Boston in 1635. But Savage tells us ('' Gen. 
Die. N. E.") that this son Adam went with his parents to Rhode Island in 1638, and 
was married, October, 1647, ^^ Portsmouth, R. I., to Mary Lott, and had many chil- 
dren: Adam, born 1650; Mary, Sarah, Eliza, Phebe Bethia, Abigail, and John, born 
167 1. This evidently is not the Adam Mott of Hempstead. Moreover, the Adam 
Mott of Hempstead calls himself about sixty years of age in 168 1, while the Boston Adam, 
who was twelve years old in 1638, would only be fifty-eight in 1681. 

The English records published by J. C. Hotten show that in May, 1638, "Adam 
Mott, tayler aged 19 " was one of sixty-two persons who intended to ship them- 
selves in tne "Bevis " of Southampton, 150 tons burden, Robert Batten, master, for 
•• New England." The record does not show where this Adam landed, but he would be 
about sixty-two years old in 1681, and, for all that appears, might have been the' first 
Adam Mott of Hempstead. Can any of your correspondents or readers of the Record 
throw light on this question ? TriOMAS c. CORNELL. 

Yonkers, N. Y. , i8th July, 1880. 



i88o.] Notes on Books. 



i8i 



Street -Mr Savage, in his " Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New 
England, Vol IV. p.2 22, states that " none of the inquisitive scholars of New Haven 
have ascertained in what place ' the Rev. Nicholas Street, of Taunton,' was born or 
taught. Dr. A H Street, of New Haven, who is compiling a genealogy of the Street 
family, reports that from investigations recently made at Oxford University, England it 
appears he was born in Taunton, in Somersetshire, in 1603, and entered Oxford at the 
age of eighteen (in 1621), and graduated in 1625. 

Van Brug.— Can any of your readers tell me if the Pieter Van Brug, bap July 14 
1666, son of Johannes Pieterszen ver Brugge and Catharina Roelofs (N. Y. Gene, and 
Bio. Rec, vol. vii., p. 71), was the same Pieter Van Brug who was married, Nov 2 
1688, to Sara, daughter of Hendrik and Anna Cuyler? (N. Y, Gene and Bio Rec ' 
vol. iii., pp. 81, 82. \^ ^ ■' 

West.— Rev. Samuel Hopkins, D.D., of Newport, R. I., married for his second 
wife Miss Elizabeth West, September 14, 1794. She survived him, and died at Taunton 
Mass., April 19, 1814, in her seventy-fifth year. Buried in the old graveyard at that 
place. A substantial tombstone at her grave records the date of her death and the fol- 
lowing ungrammatical verse ; 

Her soul was cheered with pleasing hopes. 
Those hopes by God was giv'n, 
& though her body sleeps in dust, 
Her soul ascends to Heaven. 

The writer wishes to ascertain her parentage. Was she related to the Rev Stephen 
West, D.D., author of a life of Dr. Hopkins? L. 



NOTES ON BOOKS. 



The Annals of Hempstead; 1643 to 1832 ; also the Rise and Growth of the So- 
ciety of Friends on Long Island and in New York, 1657 to 1826. By Henry On- 
derdonk, Jr. Hempstead, N. Y. : Lott Van de Water, Printer and Publisher, 
1878. 8vo, pp. 107. 

Antiquities of the Parish Church, Hempstead, including Oysterbay and 
THE Churches \^ Suffolk County, illustrated from Letters of the Missiona- 
ries and other Authentic Documents. By Henry Onderdonk, Jr., A.B., Uni- ; 
versity of Cambridge ; A. M , Columbia College. Hempstead, N. Y. : Lott Van 
de Water, Printer and Publisher, 1880. 8vo, pp. 33. 

Antiquities of the Parish Church, Jamaica, (including Newtown and Flush- 
ing). Illustrated from Letters of the Missionaries, and other Authentic Docu- 
ments, with a continuation of the History of Grace Church to the present time. By 
Henry Onderdonk, Jr.,'A.B., University of Cambridge ; A.M., Columbia Col- 
lege. Jamaica, N. Y. : Charles Welling, 1880. 8vo, pp. 162. 
These are the latest of Mr. Onderdonk's valuable contributions to the local history 
of Queens County, L. I. The volume first above named gives extracts in the order of 
time from the original town records of Hempstead of everything of interest which may 
serve to illustrate the early history of that town. The volumes containing these records 
are in the custody of the town clerk of North Hempstead. They are much worn, and 
require close and patient examination to decipher. This labor the student and genealo- 
gist will here find faithfully performed and ready at his hands in accessible and readable 
form. The author has also interspersed his compilation with quotations from the 
Dutch and English MSS. in the Secretary of State's office, Albany, of events and oc- 
currences coincident in dates with the entries from the town records. Several pages are 
occupied with an account of the "Quakers at Hempstead" and an interesting account 
of the " settling of meetings" of that sect in the towns of Gravesend, Jamaica, Rocky- 
Hill, Newtown and Maspeth Kills, Flushing, Manhasset, Westbury, Matinecock, Oyster 
Bay, Jericho, Sequetange, Jerusalem, South-Meadow, Rockaway, Huntington, Setauket, 
Stony Brook, Shelter Island, and New York ; also with revolutionary incidents relating 
particularly to Hempstead. 



1 82 Notes on Books. [Oct,, 1880. 

Of the second compilation we need add nothing to the title-page as above given. It 
is accompanied with a print of the church, supposed (although not stated by the author) 
to be the one which was erected in 1734-5, and which was consecrated with great pomp 
and ceremony on 22d April, 1735, in the presence of Gov. Cosby, with his lady and 
family, " attended by his son-in-law and lady. Secretary Clarke, Chief Justice de Lancey, 
the Rev. Mr. Vesey, and a great many of the principal merchants and gentlemen and 
ladies of the city of New York." 

The third publication in the above list, which Mr. Onderdonk has just issued, is a 
collection and compilation in chronological order of original letters, records, and docu- 
ments, many of them never before published, elucidating the history of the Episcopal 
Church at Jamaica from its first beginnings under the auspices of the (London) Society 
for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The biographical notices of the early mis- 
sionaries, Patrick Gordon, William Urquhart, Thomas Poyer, Thomas Colgan, and of 
others, their successors in the rectorship to the present time, will be found of special in- 
terest and value. The work is very handsomely printed and embellished with portraits 
of Rev. Thomas Poyer, Bishops Seabury, Provost, Moore, and Hobart, and of the , 
Revs. Drs. Sayres and Johnson ; also of the Hon. Rufus King and of Lewis E. A. 
Eigenbrodt, the latter for thirty-one years the well-known principal of Union Hall Acad- 
emy at Jamaica. The volume also contains an excellent engraving from an ancient 
drawing of the first stone church at Jamaica, erected in 1699 ; likewise of Grace Church, 
erected in 1734, and of the present modern edifice, erected in 1862. J. J. L. 

History of the Thomas Adams and Thomas Hastings Families of Amherst, 
Massachusetts. [Adams Arms.] By Herbert Baxter Adams. Amherst, 
Mass, : Privately printed, 1880. i2mo, pp. 66. 

The author of this very creditable edition to the numerous genealogies yearly issuing 
from the press is descended on the father's side from Henry Adams, of Braintree (1634), 
and on the mother's side from Dea. Thomas Hastings, who, with his wife Susanna, settled 
in Watertown in the same year (1634). The descendants in both lines to the author's 
father and mother, Nathaniel Dickinson Adams and Harriet Hastings, are traced with 
much care and with interesting biographical details. The work is accompanied with a 
reprint of the tabular pedigree of the Adams family, which appeared in the Nciu Eng- 
land Historical and Genealogical Register, in January, 1853, which deduces the pedi- 
gree of Henry Adams, the Braintree immigrant, from Ap Adam, father of John, Lord Ap 
Adam, Baron of the Realm from 1296 to 1307. In the introduction credit is given 
to Mr. N. D. Adams, of Washington, for the aid received from him, and reference is 
made to the contemplated publication by the latter of the records of the Adams family 
in America in several large volumes. We shall look with much interest for the appear- 
ance of this work. t. 

A Copy of the Poll LrsT, of the Election for Representatives for the City 
AND County of New York; which election began on Tuesday the 17th Day of 
February, and ended on Thursday the 19th Day of the same month, in the year of 
oiu- Lord, MDCCLXI, Alphabetically made. Small 4to, pp. 42. 

A Copy of the Poll List, of the Election for Representatives for the City 
AND County of New York ; which election began on Monday the 7th Day of 
March, and ended on Friday the nth of the same month, in the year of our Lord 
MDCCLXVIII. Alphabetically made. Small 410, pp. 56. 

A Copy of the Poll List, of the Election for Representatives for the City 
AND County of New York ; which election began on Monday, the 23d Day of 
January, and ended on Friday, the 27th of the same month, in the year of our Lord 
MDCCLXIX. Alphabetically made. Small, 4to, pp. 43. 

Poll Lists are of much value, and frequently of very essential service to the geneal- 
ogist. Of those before us, that of 1761, and also that of 1768, have heretofore existed 
only in manuscript. That of 1769 is now reprinted from the original edition. Mr. S. 
Whitney Phoenix, with commendable zeal, has issued from the press of Francis Hart &. 
Co. of this city, under date of 1880, fifty copies of each of the -above lists. s. s. P. 

Acknowledgment. — The readers, and Publication Committee, of the Record are 
again greatly indebted to the Hon. Teunis G. Bergen for his self-sacrificing interest in 
the preparation of the Index to Names of this volume. 



INDEX TO MMES IN VOL. XT. 



Abbot, 88 

Abeel, 25, 39, 139, 143 

Abernathy, 157, 158 

Able, 121 

Abliii, 84 

Abrahams, 78, 138, 142, 

143 
Abrahamszen, 38, 131, 

142 
Achtent, 177 
Ackerman, 34, 39, 142, 

163, 166, 172 
Adam, or Adams, 57, 59, 

100, 108, 121, 124 
Adolf, or Adolfs, 36, 76 
Adolfszen, 78 
Adrians, 125 
Aelbrechts, 71 
Aertsen, 35, 143 
Aertszen, 37, 138 
Aim, 30 
Akerly, 28 

Albertse, 71, 159, 161 
Albertsen, or Albertszen, 
,„ 27, 35,39. 84, 133 
Alburtus, 134 
Alcott, 17, 18 
Aldrich, 148 
Alexander, 33, 98, 134, 

156, 158 
Alford, 86 
Alje, 165 
Allee, 90 
AUcen, 47, 48, 83, 85, 91, 

134, 135, 136 
Alley, 88 
Allinsj. 150 
Alst.V8 
Alstine, 86, 121 
Ament, 96 

Amerman, 64, 67, 68, 164 
Amerson, 84 
Amyr, 87 
Anderson, 83, 84, 86, 87, 

120, 130 
Andre, 98, 145 
Andrews, 47, 121 
Andries, 38, 41, 127, 128, 

1.77 
Andrieszen, 39, 40, 78, 81,' 

82, 125, 127, 144 
Andros, 153 
Angevoin, 121 
Anglisch, 128 
Angola, 130 
Anthony, 141 
Ap Adam, 182 
Aramena, 29 
Arden, 29, 30, 33, 123 
Aiens, 34 

Arents. 34, 35, 4", i43 
Arentszen, 37, 39, 138, 

139. 143. 144 
Arians, 144 
Ariaens, 34 
Ariaenszen, 140, 142 
Arnold, 32, 33, 85, 98, 123, 
152, 183 



Armitage, 97 
Armstrong, 27 
Arthur, 84 
Ash, 122 
Aspenvval, 134 
Atlield, 35 
Audley, 121 
Auke, 63 

Aungiers, 156, 158 
Avery, 87 
Ayscough, 32 

Backer, 26 
Badie, 140 
Bael, 79, 177 
Bajnbridge, 104, 105, 108, 

no. III, 112, 113 
Baird, 84, 175 
Baker, 88, 134, 135, 136 
Baket, 85 
Balck, 173 
Balden, 89 
Baldwin, 135, 136 
Ball, 30 
Ban, 80, 128 
Bancker, or Banckers, 31, 

41, 80, 141, 146 
Bandt, 78, 129, 178 
Banks, 33, 100 
Bant, 144 

Banta, 163, 165, 166, 167 J 
Barckins, 35 
Barens, 137 
Barents, 35, 40, 137, 142, 

144 I 

Barentszen, 33, 79 i 

Barhart, 83 j 

Barhit, 92 
Barjeau, 30 
Barkeloo, or Berckeloo, 

64, 67, 6g, 165 
Barkens, 144 
Barker, 71, 121, 13s 
Barlow, 100 
Barnard, 32 

Barns, or Barnes, 88, 133 
Bartels, 39 
Bartlet, or Bartlett, 33, 

100 
Bartholf, 34 
Barto, Bartoe, or Bartow, 

100, 136 
Bartram, 100 
Barret, 8, 9, 124 
Barron, 104 
Barwyck, or Barrwyck, 

88, 177 
Bassett, 78 

Bastiaenszen, 71, 77, 138 
Bates, 84, 88, 100, 133, 

134 
Batten, 180 
Baword, 86 
Baxter, 19, 96, 171 
Bayard, 35, 36, 40, 114, 

121. 126, 130, 140 
Bayer, 125 
Bayles, 29 



Bayly, or Bailey, 25, 29. 

88, 136, 143 
Beatey, 85 
Bebee, 85 
Bedel, Bedell, or Bedle, 

47. 48, 50. 89, 134 
Bed'o, or Bedloo, 38, 41, 

129, 142, 144 
Beek, 61 

Beekman, 39, 80, 167 
Beets, 80 
Befoor, 143 
Beger, 178 
Bell, 17, 105, 121 
Bellomont, 51 
Belyn, 174 
Benbroeck, 131 
Benedict, 100 
Benerger, 85 
Bennet, 25, 31, 68, 84, 87, 

140, 142 
Benson, 88 
Beiisum, 173 
Bentinck, 130 
Berckhoven, 132 
Bergen, 62, 159, 166 
Berkenhead, 119 
Bernard, 121 
Berrian, 85 
Berry, 38 

Bertholf, 162, 163, 165 
Berven, 39 
Bessicks, 123 
tjeteworth, 82 
Belts. 100 
Betty, 134 
Bicker, 35, 141, 143 
Bidset, 131 
Bigelow, 61 
Biggs, 24 
Billings, 86 
Bird, 85 
Birdsell, 136 
Bishop, 17, 28 
Bissell. 53, 54 
Black, 120, 123 
Blagge, 85 
Blair, S6 

Blake, 69, 83, 85, 147 
Blakeny, 122 
Blanchard, 84 
Blanck, 35, 82, 129, 141, 

143, 144, 172 
Blanthard, 82 
Bleam, 125 
Bleecker, 144 
Bleydt, 172 
Block, 130 
Bloodgood. 87 
Bloom, or Blom, 86, 87, 

122, 130, 176 

Boast, 13s 
Bockwits, 129 
Boeckholt, 35, 128, 174 
Boeckhout, 82 
Boelen, 34, 35, 38. 1(>, 138, 

148 
Boelenszen, 140 



Boerden, 179 
Boerum, 65 
Bolivar, 118 
Bommel, 35 
Bond, 8, ID, 84, go 
Bondewyns, 142 
Honit, 122 

Bogardus. 50, 76, 141 
Bogert, Bogaert, or Boii- 

gaert, 34, 36, 40, 81, 

132, 138, 162, 163, 

165, 166, 175, 193 
Bond, 8, 9 
Books, 26 

Boomgaert, 162, 163 
Boon, 129 
Boonreps, 123 
Bording, qr Bordings, 36, 

39. 141. 143 
Borgeo, 34 
Borger, or Borgers, 35, 

36, 38, 127, 140, 141, 

14?. 177 
Borry, 176 
Bosch, 39, 125, i2g, 130, 

132. 137. '44. 1461 172 
Bo^chnian, 142 
Bostock, 8. 9, JO 
Bostigue, 8 
Bostzone, 173 
Bosy, 178 
Bothers, 122 
Bcjurten, 80 
Bout, 143 
Bowen, 31 
Bowin, 121 
Bowman, 120 
Bowne, 20, 21, 23, 24, 851 

121 

Bowns, 84 

Boyd, 120, 122 

Boyle, 29 

Bozerme, 85 

Bradburn, 124 

Bradley, 124 

Bradt, 129, 177 

Brasher, 29 

Brass, 134 

Bratt, 29, 176 

Brazer, 84, 88 

Hread, or Breades, 6, 7 

Breedstede, or Breestede 

36, 38, 139. 140, i4» 

142. 173 
Beedsteden, 36 
Bremon, 32 
Breser, 137, 140, 141 
Bresert, 131 
Brevoort, or Brefort, 173, 

178, 179 
Brewster, 24, 25, 26, 27, 

28, 170 
Bridge, 84. 98 
Bridges, 10, 11, 98 
Brieding, 178 
Briggs, 98 
Brine, 127 
Brittan, 159 



1 84 



Index to Names in Volume XL 



Broadhead, gs ' 

Brockholles. 115, 156, 158 

Broeck, 140 

Broeckholt, 35, 1411 'S^ 

Broke, 105 

Bronson, 122 

Brooke, 45 

Brooks, 50, 119 

Broome, 32 

Brotherton, 45 

Broucka, 80 

Brough, 31 

Brower, or Brouwer, 66, 

68, 69, 77, 137, 142 
Bw)wn, or Browne, 24, 84, 

85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 98, 

100, T20, 121 

Brouws, 131, 140 

Bruce, 31, 86 

Bruge, or Bruges, 98 

Bruyn, 40, 125, 174 

Bruynen, 144 

Bryson, 32 

Buchanon, or Bucknan, 

27, 28, 29, 122 
Buckmaster, 31 
Bull, 117, 118, 135 
Bunce, 121 
Bunts, 47 
Burbank, 122 
Burger, or Burgers, 37, 

75, 87, 123 
Biirgoyne, 54, iiS 
Burke, 51 
Burley, 85 
Burling, 123 
Burnet, 26 
Burns, 49, 88 
Burr, 87, 100 I 
Burritf, loo 
Burroughs, 97 
Burtis, go 
Burton, 100 
Bush, 123 
Bussen, 175 
Bussing, 121, 124 
Butsen, 165 
>;utlar, 121 
Buyel, 37 
Buys, 143 
Byron, iii 
Byvang, 40, 179 
Byvanck, or Byvangk, 

39. 75. 77. 80, 158, 

172 
By Vauk, 134 



Caho, 84 

Cain, 158 

Caithness, 157, 158 

Cairncross. 157 

Caldwell, 84, 85, 86 

Caljers, 34 

Calkins, 50 

Calong, 92 

Calvin. 31 

Cambell, 56, 57, 86, 88, 

121, 124 
Cameron, 123 
Canon, 122, 130 
Carelszen, 39, 141 
Careman, 134 
Cargil, 85 
Carl, or Carle, 133, 134, 

'35, 155 
Carlee, 129 
Carman, 47, 86, 91, 133, 

13s, 136, 151, 152, 155 
Carmer, 84 
Carney, 135 
Carpenter, 88, 134, 13s, 

153 
Carrvl. 83, 136 



Carsten, or Carstens, 34, 

39. 141 
Carter, 29, 88, 123, 133 
Carteratt, 160 
Cartey, 86 
Casparszen, 39 
Casparus, 144 
Castine, 135 
Cato, 122 
Cavalier, 76 
Caywood, 31 
Cebra, 88 
Chadden, 123 
Chadeayne, 32 
Chadeyn, 87 
Chaigneaig, 131 
Chairman, 87 
Chambers, 88, 92 
Champlin, 48 
Chancy, 135 
Chandos, 98 
Chapel, 136 

Chapman, 145 " 

Charles 2d, 95, 102, 158, 

,69 
Charlotte, 32 
Chaspels, 173 
Chatfield, 100 
Chauncey, iii, 113 
Cheeseman, 49, 50 — 
Cheneyard, n8 
Chester, 88 
Chester, 52 
Chetwood, 30 
Chevalier, 129 
Chew, 92 
Christ, 73, 74 
Christiaens, 129 
Christianszen, 39 
Christie, 87 
Christine, 86 
Chrondle, 136 
Church, 148 
Churger, 141 
Claerhout, 176 
Claes, 34, 36, 37, 126, 140, 

143 
Claeszen, 37, 40, 140 
Clapp. 134 --.>, 

Clark, or Clarke, 25, 20j 

29, 42, 86, 87, 119. \ 

121, 182 
Clarkson, 114, 120, 121, 

146, 156, 157, 158 
Claughton, 158 
Clearck, orClerck, 81, 141 
Cleet, 66 

Clerment, 150, 155 
Clift, 120 
Chnton, 55 i 
Clinch, 108, 148 
Clock, 34, 38, 137, 143 
Clopper, or Cloppers, 35, 

37< 39. 40, 140, 175 
Clousen, 31 
Clyb, 41 " 
Cobham, 32 
Cochran, 32 
Cock, 37 
Cockle, 123 
Coddington, 13, 14 
Codebeck, 125 
Codly, 80, 81 
Codner, 171 
Coe, 16, 96, 97, 136 
Coely, 40, 80, 81, 174, 17s 
Coghill, 52 

Colegrove, 32, 86, 87, 88 
Colejer, 69, 174 
Coles, 133, 135, 136 
Coleveet, 38 
Colevelt, 80, 132 
Colgan, 182 
Collins, 32 



Colve, 39, 125 

Combes, or Combs, 133, 

134 
Comens, 41 
Comes, 134 
Compton, 122 
Conn, 27 
Conner, or Connor, 33, 86, 

121 
Coninck, or Conincks, 41 
Conincx, 41 
Conings, 41 
Conklin, or Concklin, 48, 

120 
Conqueror, William the, 

53 
Conselyea, 69 
Constable, 51 
Cook, or Cooke, 8, 84, 88, 

100 
Cooly, 18 
Cooney, 121 

Cooper, 8, 9, 97, 104, 135 
Coperthwait, 44 -^ ■ 
Corby, 124 
Corne. 113 
Cornell, or Cornel, 48, 49, 

89, 90, 91, 92, 133, 

134, 136, 156, 180 
Comelis, 38, 40, 41, 131, 

134. 137, 138, 140. 

142, 143, 179 
Cornelise, 166 
Corneliszen, 37, 39, 40, 

62, 77. 79. .'37i 140, 

144, 178 
Corning, 117 
Corsa, 87 
Corssen, 177 
Corszen, 140, 143 
Cortelyou, 159, 160 
Cortland, 82, 176 
Cosby, 181 
Cosyns, 36 
Cottington, 14 
Couch, 100 
Coulet, 137 
Court, 35, 38 
Courten, 76, 140, 178 
Cousart, 127, 128 
Couwenhoven, 12, 137, 

159. 173 

Cousynszen, 34 

Cowan, 122 

Cowdry, 124 

Cowenhoven, see Cou- 
wenhoven 

Cowley, 88 

Coventry. 163 

Covert, 64 

Cox, 33, 38, 84, 86, 88, 
121 

Crab, 16 

Craig, 86, 120, 121, 124 

Crane, 147 

Crawford, 107 

Cray, 140 

Crayor, 173 

Creed, 85 

Cregier, 3o,'39 

Creisson, 76 

Critman, 135 

Croakerts, 176 

Croesvert, 130 

Croi, 128 

Crommelier, 91 

Cromwell, 95, 97 

Crooke, 39 

Crookshanks, 122, 124 

Croons, 143 

Cropsey, 84 

Crosby, or Crosbe, 50, 
121, 131 

Cruger, 136 



Crundell, 37 
Cubener, 120 
Cumingham, 86 
Cumming, or Cummings, 

52, 83 
Curlaer, 141 
Currie. 30 
Cuirin, 25 
Cursa, 86 
Cutler, 124 
Cuttant, 120 
Cutter, 121 
Cutting, 90, gi 
Cuyler, 78, 115, 138, i8l 

Dacres, ic6, 107, 156 

Daeyly, 177 

Dalce, 128 

Dale, 104, 106 

Dallia, 130 

Dane, 86 

Dangan, 87 

Daniels, 79, 127 

Darling, 100 

Daton, 135 

Davenport, 128 

Davids, 34, 39, 76, 129 

Davidse, 162 

Davies, 123 ^ 

Davis, 8, 25, 26, 28 / 

Day, 51, 68 

Dayton, 28 

Dawson, 122 

Deal, 123 

Dealaval, 30 

De Angola, 130 

Dean, or Deane, 29, 60 

85, 90, 123, 133, 135 
De Beauvois, 38, 63, 65, 

68, 69 
De Boogh, 163 
De Bruyn, 36 
Decatur, iii, 112, 113 
Dee, 129 
De Fenne, 82 
Deforest, or Deforeest, 

30. 36, 37, 39. 140, 

143 
Defreese, 174 
De Grau, or Grauw, 39, 

126, 139, 143 
De Graves, 160 
De Groot, 34, 121, 132, 

141 
De Haes, 39 
De Hardt, 82 
De Harriette, 174 
De Key, 36, 39. 40, 139, 

140, 143, 174 
De Klyn, 122 
Delafield, 98, 145 
De La Maistre, 40 
De La Meter, 177 
De La Noy, 39, 41, 124, 

129, 137, 142, 144, 182 
De La Val, 40 
Delany, 86, 175 
Delavan, 55 
Dell, 42, 43, 44 
Dclly, 179 
De Maree, 161, i66 
Demarest, 163, 167 
De Mayert, or De Mey- 

ert, 37, 40, 135. 143 
De Mill, 35, 36, 137, 139, 

141 
De Milt, 133 
De Mitt. 34 
De Mott, gi 
Denio, 55 
Dennis, 87, 133 
Denow, 100 
Denton, 50, 83, 89, 91, 

g6, 135, 152, 180 



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185 



Denyse, 165, 172 
De Peyster, 35, 38, 39, 
41, 51, 80, 138, 139, 

141, 143. 144, 157, 
158, 172 

Derborrow, 30 

Deremusat, no 

Derkins, 41, 131, 144 

De Riemer, 35, 36, 37, 
38, 40, 138 

De Rosset, 165, 178 

Derret, 140 

De Rutherfurd, 158 

Derval, 35. 38, 76, 140 

De Sille, 74 

Devenport, 84, 119 

Devine, 30 

De Vries, 38, 40, 114, 
156 

De Warou, 36 

De Water, 37 

De Wey, 112 

De Wilde, 27 

De Windel, 137 

De Windt, 131 
De Wit, or Witt, 27, 36, 
37i 38, i3r, 141, 146, 
174 
Dey, 35, 143 
Diamond, 124] 
Dickson, 80 
Dike, 148 
Dillingham, 70 
Disbury, 135 
Disselton, 81 
Dircx, or Dircks, 36, 37, 

40. 77. 137^ >79 
Dircksxen, 37, 38 
Dirkse, 165 

Dirkszen, 139, 140, 141 
Dixon, 71 
Dobbs, 30, 84 
Dodd, 12 
Doddridge, 124 
Dodge, 86, 133 
Doe, 174 
Dolin', 50 
Dominy, 9 
Donaldson, 29 
Dongan, 154 
Donham, 123 
Donne, 32 
Donovan, 123 
Dorlandt, 49 
Doty, 151 
Dougherty, 30,586 
Doughty, 5, 133, 136 
Douglass, 32, 123 
Douler, 177 
Dow, 27 

Downing, 25, 134 
Doxey, or Doxie, 9, 152 
Drae, 144 
• Drake, 7, 50 
Drinkwater, 83 
Drogheda, 8 
Drowne, ico, 180 
Drummon, 121 
Du Bois, 124, 174, 175 
Duffie, or Duffe, 84, 122 
Duffy, 86 
Du Fourt, or Dufoert, 37, 

172 
Dufrecke, 128 
Dujon, 138 
Dungan, 26 
Dunlap, 84 
Dunnivan, 121 
Dunscombo, 127 
Duper, 50 
Duron, 123 
Duryee, 62, 63, 64, 63, 66, 

67, 68, 69, 70, 165 
Dusenbury, 151 



Duttire, 88 
Du Tourt, 140 
Duycking, 39, 40, 75, 

130, 139, 143 
Duyts, 39 
Duytsman, 35 
Dwight, 25, 86 
Dycicman, 87, 124, 125, 

Dyer, 85 

Dyke, or Dykes, 84, 87 

Eagles, 84 

Earl, 85 

Eaton, 71 

Eburne, 25 

Echt, 174 

Eckens, 78 

Eckinson, 176 . 

Ecker, 76, 77, 130 

Eckerszen, 132 

Eddy, 30 

Edgar, 51, 123 

Edsel, or Edsal, 37, 139 

Edwards, 85, 86 

Egberts, 142 

Egerty, 25 

Eigenbrodt, 182 

Eiger, 121 

Ekens, or Ekkens, 127, 
177 

Ekkinszen, 127 

Elbertsen, 34, 36, 143, 160 

Elderd, 133 

Elderkin, 5 

Elderts, 141 

Elias, 84, 144 

Elizabeth, Queen, 10 

Elkins, 88 

Eliery, iig 

Elliot, III, 112 

Ellis, 33, 85, 87 

Ellison, 154 

Elsenwaert, 35, 39, 40 

Elson, 21 

Elsten, or Elston, 38, 44, 
45 

Elswaerts, 79, 128 

Elswerdt, 127 

Embree, 88, 134 

Emmens, or Emmons, 28, 
124, 164 

Emmit, 124 

Emerson, 180 

Ernes, 38 

Emmots, 85 

Endecott, 10, 11 

Engles, 40 

English, 87, 122 

Enslow, 123 

f.pkens, 140 

Ernest, 122 

Erpuar, 83 

Erskine, 87 

Ervin, 121 

Essex, 25 

Estlack, 86 

Etkins, 126 

Evans, 30, 80, 86, 121, 

123, 176, 179 
Everett, 136 
Everts, 41, 76, 129, 144 
Evertszen, 39, 75 
Evouts, 124 
Ewoutszen, 136 
Exveen, 77 
Eyck, 132 

Fairchild, 87, 100 

Farton, 35 

Farragut, loi, 106, no 

Farwell, 99 

Fasher, 88 , 



Feake, orFeke, 12, 13, 14, 
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 
24. 70. 71, 72i 73. 74. 
168, i6g 
Feildmg, 8s 
Fell, 38 
Fellart, or Fellardt, 38, 

81, 125, 144 
Ferguson, 29, 75, 87, 123 
Fernielje, 175 
Ffenthy, 25 
Field, 88 
Fieldings, 80 
Fiench, 80 
Filkins, 47, 48, 50 
Fillock, 87 
Finistone, 82 
Finley, 84 
Finn, 78 
Fischer, 81 
Fits Gerald, 84, 158 
Fits Randolph, 42 
Flaesbeeck, 142 
Flaesberg, 37 
Fleming, 31, 115 
Fletcher, 25 
Florentyn, 129 
Floy, 27 

Flovd, 26, 27, '28 
Fluyt, 79 
Fockenszen, 40 
F'ones, 13, 20, 24 
Fontcyn, 34 
Ford, 29 - 
Fordham, 11, 42, 85 
Foreman, 133 
Forister, 86 

Forman, 85, 134, 141, 171 
Forrest, 85 
Forsure, 50 
Foster, 27, 100, 136 
Fountain, 124 
Fowler, 47, 155 
Fox, 20, 87 
Fraest, 177 
Frances, 134, 136 
Francis, 28, 136 
Francois, 114 
Franklin, 86 

Frans, 37, 40, 75, 131, 138 
Franszen, 34, 35, 36, 40, 

41, 141 
Frazer, 87, 121 
Fredricxen, 130 
Fredericks, or Fredericx, 

34. 39. 76. 138, 139. 

140, 144, 179 
Fredenckszen, 38, 142 
Freeman, 88, 107, 156, 

158 
French. 88, 115, 156, 158 
Fresneau, 145 
Frost, 24, 136, 169, 170, 

171 
Fuller, 119 
Furman, 69 

Galatien. 30 
Galloway, 31 
Gano, 87 
Garden, 83 
Gardiner, 11, 30, 49 
Gardinier, 31 
Gardner. 124 
Gardyn, 41 
Garrison, 30 
Gates, 118 
Gaultier, 82 
Geddes, 146 
Geertie, 159 
Gelston, 9, 26 H U li ■> 
Gemert, 35 
Gerard, 28, 147 
Geraud, 85 



Gerbrantszen, 129 
German, 30, 87 
Germond, 48 
Gerrits, 34, 38. 39, 40, 77, 

79. 138) 143. 172. 175, 

179 
Gerritse, 138 
Gerritszen, 34, 76, 78, 139, 

140, 143, 159. 172 
Gibb, or Gibbs, 25, 87 
Gibson, 30, 121 
Gilbert, 31, 79, 84 
Gildersleeve, 50, 89, 90, 

92, 93. 96, 97, 121, 

152, 153 
Gillem, 8s 
Gilliland, 29 
(iilmore, 86 
Glean, 24 
Glieves, 35 1 
Glove, 144 

Goderus, 38, 142, 144 ] 
Goedtbloedt, 40 
Gold, 100 
Golder, 91 , 

Goldsmith, 28, 109, 152 
Goldthwait, 8s 
Goosen, 156 
Gorden, 145, 182 
Gordon, 85, 88, 121 
Gorham, 100 
Gorne, 177 
Gosens, 41, 144 
Gosmer, or Gosraore, 8, 

9. 10. n 
Gould, 76 
Goverts. 64 
Graeu, 34 , 
Graeuw, 143 
Grande 178 
Grant, 31, 108, 120, 121, 

124, 145 
Grasseth 177 
Grau, 88 
Grave, 122 
Gray, or Grey, 100, 102, 

121, 122, 124, 129 ^ 
Green, 28, 31, 50, 122 ^'^ 
Greenham, 76 
Greffy, 35 
Grege, 81 
Gregory, 147 
Grenold, 90 
Grevenraet, 138, 139 
Grietfelt, 40 
Griffeths, 120 
Griffin, 100, 152 
Griffith, 31, 49, 123 
Grimsby, 124 
Gritrnan, 47, 92, 93 
Groen, 177 
Groenendael, 38, 129 
Groesbeeck, 140 
Gruber, 29 
Guest, 31, 88 
Gunn, 123 

Gysberts, 34, 140, 144 | 
Gysbertszen, 34 

Hait, 14s 

Hage, 144 

Hagenaer, 139 

Hakengs, 27 

Haley, 85 

Hall, 71, 85, go, 100, 134, 

13s, 136 
Hallet, or Hallett, 16, 17, 

18, 19, 20, 31, 32, 71, 

77. 87, 168 
Hallo'-k, 26. 86 
Halsbeth, 131 
Halscy, 7, 9, to, II, 12 J 
Halstead, 48, 135 
Hamer, 79 



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Index to Names in Volume XL 



Hamilton, 84, 87, its 

Hampton, 42, 43, 88 

Hand, 8 

Handson, 150 

Hannah, 32 

Hansen, or Hanszen, 34, 

144, 161, 166 
Harberdinck, 140 
Harbert, 87 
Harbour, 122 
Harden, 122 
Harberding, 41 
Hardensberg, 41, 127, 

138, 139, 177 
Hardenbrook, 35, 40, 79, 

88, 114, 115, 141, 156, 

178 
Hardens, 76 
Hardenstich, 114 
Harding, 83 
Harerd, 26 
Hagen, 39 
Harleian, 12 
Harmens, 39 
Harned, 42, 43, 46 
Harpending, 144 
Harper, or Harpur, 30, 

86, 107, 146, 148 
Harperts, 144 
Harrinian, 83 
Haring, 36 
Harris. 48, 88, 116, 120, 

126 
Harrison, 121J 
Harriton, 8i 
Hartford, 38 
Hartlj', 110 
Hartwith, 124 
Harvard, 9 
Harvy, 122 
Hassick, 178 
Hassing, 176 
Hastings, 182 
Hautkopers, 142 
Haven, or Havens, 28, 

86, 88 
Haviland, 134 
Hawkes, 31, 33 
Hawkins, or Hawkings, 

27, 28. 89 ■ 
Hawley, 100 
Hay, 31, 33 
Haydock, 42, 43 
Hayes, 57 
Hayt, 88 
Hayter, 85 
Hazard, 32, 87, 122 
Heathcote, 25 
Hearth, 27 
Heddig, 132 
Hedges, 124 
Heers, 80 
Heime, 25 
Hegeman, 139 
Hellaer, 38 
Hellaken, 38, 142 
Hehns, 30 
Henderson, 49, 133 
Hendricks, or Hendrix, 

34. 35. 36, 40. 41. 77. 

140, 141, 142. 143 
Hendrickson, or Hen- 

drickszen, 34, 35, 37, 

38, 39, 41, 77, 132, 
136, 138, 140, 141, 
143. '63 

Henny, 121 
Henry, 30, 35 
Henry 5th, King, 104 
Herbardinck, 139 
Herberdinck, 37, 143 
Hercx, or Hercxs, 35, 37, 

39. 138, 139. 142. 143. 
144 



Herckxen, 41 
Hercxen, 138 
Herdin, or Herdyn, 41, 

78 
Hermans, 36 
Heron, 100 
Herring, 108 
Herris, 177 
HeiTits, 126 
Herry, 175 

Hett, or Het, 98, 145, 146 
Hewett, 125 
Hevi-lett, 47, 49, 50, 89, 

90, 91, 93, 134 
Heyer. or Heyers, 81, 

129, 132, 176 
Heyrmans, 177 
Heyning, 132 
Hickman, 13S 
Hickory, iii, 112 
Hicks, 31, 47, 84, 88, 122, 

133 
Hildreth, 8, 9 
Hill, 31, 100, 173 
Hillass, 85 
Hilland, 87 
Hillegond, 40 
Hillouk, 25 
Hinchman, 86 
Hinson, 87 
Hitchcock, 84 
Hitman. 36, 125 
Hobart, 97, 154, 182 
Hodsen, 33 
Hoffman, 69 
Hogenboom, 176 
Hogsost, 133 
Hooglant, or Hooglandt, 

40, 51, 80, 100 
Hoogstyler, 41 
Hoogteiing, 132 
Holcroft, 156, 158 
Holdridge, 135J 
Holgate, 57 
Holla. 140 
HoUaert, or Hollaerdt, 

40, 144 
Holland, 50 
Hollin. 32 
Holmes, or Homs, 47, 76, 

82, 84 
Holroyd, 32 
Hoist, 40, 82, 177 
Holton, 99 
Homp, 34 
Hood, 127 
Hopkins, 181 
Hoppe, 163, 166 
Hopson, 122 

Horsefield, 49, 89, 90, 136 
Hosack, 30 
Hotten, 180 
Houghton, 32 
Houlden, 121 
Houseman, 162, 163 
Houwert, 34 
Howard. 49, 121 
How, or Howe, 6, 7, 8, 9 
Howell, s, 7, 9, II, 25, 26, 

87 
Howland, 51, 179 
Hownam, 86 
! Hoy, 87 
' Hubbs, 134 
j Hudson, 25, 60, 123 
Huff, 120 
Hulce, or Hulse, 25, 27, 

28 
Hull, or Hulls, 100, loi, 

102, 103, 104, 105, 

106, 107, 108, 109, 

no. III, 112, 113, 

145 
Hulst, 69, i8o 



Hughes, 122 

Hugins, 136 

Humphries, 122 

Hun, 118 

Hunt, 42, 57, 58, 87, 88, 

136 
Hunter, 122 
Hurt, 87, 121 
Huskins, 123 
Hussy, 86, 87 
Husted, 15, 16, 50 
Hutckins, 30 
Hutchinson, 122. 
Huthwright, 32 
Huthy, 25 
Hutton, 49, so, 83 
Huyer, 126 
Huygen, 140 
Huypkens, 140 
Huys, 125 
Hyat, 120 
Hyben, 38 
Hybon, 142 
Hyer, 30, 32, 122 

Idens, 37, 40, 41, 138 
Idenszen, 37, 39 
Ingilsby, 87 
Inglis, 123 

Innes, or Innis, 83, 85 
Ingoldsby, 122 
Irving, 32, 33 
Isaacszen, 37, 140, 141 
Isabel, 86 
Isbuster, 84 
Isonhart, 13s 
Ivers, 33 

Jacobs, 34, 7S, 83, 84, 87, 
130, 132, 140, 143 

Jacobszen, 34, 35, 36, 37, 
38, 39, 40, 41, I2S, 
137, 140, 141, 143, 
144. 174 

Jacobus, 143 

Jacklin, 86 

Jackson, 48, 78, 89, 100, 
III, 112, 113, 134, 

136. 150, 152, iss 
Jabwaine, 121 
Jkaen, 172 

James 2d, King, 158 

Jamine, 85 

Jans, 34, 37, 38, 39, 40, 

41, 7S, 76, 77. 78, 79. 

114, 115, 127, 131, 

137, 138. 139. 140. 
141, 142, 143, 144, 
172, 173, 178 

Janszen, 34, 35, 36, 37, 
38, 39, 40, 41, 76, 79, 
80, 82, 126, 128, 130, 
137, 140, 141, 142, 
143. 144. 175, 177, 
179 

Jarvis, 87, 90. 109 

Jauncy, 146 

Jay, 114, 119, 130, IS7, 
IS8 

Jayne, 27 

Jeffry, or Jeffrey, 2S, 27 

Jennings, 100, 153 

Jenny, 133 

Jeuriaens, 126, 174 

Jeuriansen, 82, 174 

Jilles, 39 

Jilleszen, 34, 36 

Jochems, 77, 143 

Johannes, 125 

Johns, 71, 131 

Johnson, 30, 47, 83, no, 
121, 123, 182 

Johnstone, or Johnston, 
25, 84, 88, 134, 135 



Johnster, 29 

Jons, 84, 85, no, 136 

Jones, 7, 27, 28, 180 

Joosten, 35, 36, 37, 38, 
39, 62, 63, 64, 79, 
132, 139, 141, 172 

Joris, 34, 35, 128, 143 

Joriszen, 143 

Jorisy, 40 

Judd, 147 

Judith, 102, iisl 

Jurckszen, 140 

Juicx, 77 

Kachem, is4 
Kaljers, 82 
Karseboom, 36, 125 
Kattenborn, 120 
Kedore, 124 
Keiley, 30 
Keith. 107, 119 
Kelly, 9, 29, 33, 8s, 90, 

123 
Kelsey, 124 
Kemper, 87, 122 
Kennich, 40 
Kenny, 85' 
Kerfbyl, 39 
Kermer, 139 
Kerr, 123 
Ketchem, 83 

Ketteltas, 74, 12s, 126 \ 
Keyser, 124 
Kidd, 51 
Kieft, 14, 15, 72 
Kiersen, or Kierszen, 36, 

37, 41, 142 
Kierstede, 35, 36, 37, 38, 

39, 40, 41, 78, 128, 

142, 144 
Kildore, 158 
Kindt, 142 
King, 83, 8s, 86, 108, 121, 

124, 133, 182 
King Philip, 8, 102 
Kinman, 84 
Kip, 29, 30, 32, 34, 3*6, 37, 

41, 81, 129, 130, 139, 

141, 142, 144, 163, 

Kirbe, or Kirby, 29 
Kirk, or Kirke, 71, 121, 

150, 151, 15s 
Kirkpatrick, 30, 86, 169 
Kissam, 47, 50, 67, 89, 

90. 93. 133 
Klerck, 141 
Klock, 34, 140 
Klopper, 126 
Knap, 31, 8s 
Kock, or Ko^ck, 34, 41, 

■ 65, 137, 138, 143 
Kocx, 7S 
Koevers, 38 
Koning, or Konings, 125, 

172 
Koster, 173 
Kouwenhoven, 65 
Kregier, 141 
Kuur, 179 
Kuyckuyt, 137 
Kuyler, or Kuylers, 37, 

80, 138, 144 
Kyssam, 136 

Laboyteaux, 29 
La Chair, 168 
Laecton, 172 
Lafarge, 88 
Lagrandje, 130 
Lain, 26 
Laing, 4S, 46 
Lake, 84 
Lakeman, 131 



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Lam, 47 
Laman, 121 

Lamberits, 8i 
Lamberts, 141 
Lambertson, 49, 138 
Lambertsz, 35 
Lane, 26, 88, 152I 
Lanen, 127 

Langden. 134, 13s, 136 
Langedyck, 34 
Langestraten, 34 
Langley, 12, 33 
Lansing, 142 
Larkens, 80 
Laro. 81 
Larrewa, 51 
Lary, 123 
Lasher, 122 
Laskin, 152 
Latham, 44 
Lattine, 133, 134 
Latting, 12, 53, 70, 144, 

146, 168 
Laud, 7 
Laudet, 31 
I^aurens, 36, 38, 75, 79, 

140, 141 
Laurence; or Lawrence, 

29. 3'. 49» 57, 85, 88, 

124, 136 
Laurenszen, 39, 40, 126, 

1.37 
Laurier, 177 
Lavie, 107 
La we, 17 
Le Comply, 144 
Ledyard, 116, 117, 118, 

120 
Lee, 25, 30, 32, 69, 100 - 
Leenda, 81 
Leendertszen, 37, 138, 

142. 143 
I^e Febre, 62 
. Leget, or Legget, 41, 121 
Legrand, 130, 137, 140, 

141 
Le Rlaistre, 144 
Le Montez, 38, 81 
Lennan, 124 
I,ennington, 134 
Lens, 175 
Lent, 88 
Leonard, 30, 124 
Lequir, 80 
Leroux, 75 
Leroy, 51 
Leseuye, 78 
Lester, 84, 90, 134 
Lesting, 130 
Leursen, 137, 174 
Leverich, 6S, 170 
Levingston, 120 
Lewnis, 125, 135 
Lewis, 5, 84, 121 
Leycraft, 30 
Leydecker, 38, 40, 41, 

164 
Leydsler, or Lydsler, 35, 

138, 139, 141 
Lievens, 38, 39, 40, 79, 

137, 139. 142. 156, 

Lievenszen, 131, 139 

Liewellen, 134 

Likely, 124 

Lilly, 87, 156 

Lincoln, 30, 106 

Liwints, 90 

Lingelant, 177 -pj 

Linkleton, 88 

Linnington, 49, 89, 136, 

150 
Linnton, 91 
Lintweever, 159 



Lippencut, 83 
Liscomb, 134 
Lisk, 85, 120 — 
Lisley, 30 
Litchfield,'33, 124 
Little, 31 
Livesey, 31 
Livingston, 36, 84, 114, 

"Si 158 
Lobdell, 50 
Ijock, 36 
Locassam, 133 
Lockwoud, 30 
Lodwick, 41 
Loe, 165 
Loftus, 8 
Long, 30 
Longwith. 124 
Loockermans, 114, 141 
Loomis, 53, 146 
Lorck, 82 
Lord, 100 
Losee, 135, 136 
Losier, 84 
Lott, 68. 135, 180 
Loumberdie, 92 
Lounstnry, 135 
Louw, 82, 132 
Lovat, 86 
Lover, 107 

I>ow, or Lowe, 65, 135 
Lowerie, 84 
Lownsberry, 136 
Loyd, 68 

Lubbert, 141, 157, 158 
Lucas, 36, 38, 40, 126, 

132 
Ludelin, 122 
-Ludlam, 26, 84 
Ludlow, 25,31, 50, 90, 91, 

93. , 
Ludwick, 122 
Luick, 137 
Luisthout, 137 
Lundy, 44 
Luquier, 63 
Luunex, 36 
Luurszen, 39 
Lyen, 120 
Lynch, 29 
Lynd, 121 
Lynden, 130 
Lynes, 125 
Lynsen, 85 
Lyons, or Lyon, 86, joo 

Machet, 88 

Mackie, 26 

Maddock, 122 

Madison, 104 

Magee, 61 

Mugregory, 80 

Magister, 52 

Mahault, 82 

Major, 121 

Malcolmv 32 

Mallory, 100 

Man, 179 

Mandiviel, 139, 172, 176 

Maney, 83, 85, 122 

Mans, 37 

Manwarmg, 134 

Mapes, 25, 84 

Mare, 84 

Marius, 36, 39, 177 

Margensen, 83 

Margeson, 123 

Marlin, 128 

Marsh, 43, 44, 45, 46. 121. 

122 
Marshal, 33 
Murston, 108, iii 
Martelyn, or Martelyns, 

39. '37 



Martens, 40, 75, 80, 126 
Martenszen. 127 
Martesse, i66 
Martin, 30, 50 85, 90, 92, 

121, 122, 124 
Marvin, 89, 93 
Maskelt, 81 
Mason, 48, 123 
Masters, 13 
Mather, 7 
Matheus, 82 
Mathis, 27 
Matsen, 129 
Matthews, 85, 135 
Matthyszen, 125 
Maud, 93 
Maudeviel, 140 
Maurits, 82, 137 
Mauritszei*, 143 
Maury, or Mawry, gg 
Maxwell, 25 
Mary, Queen, 8 
May, 135 
Mayer, or Mayers, 41, 

172 
Mayson, 17s 
McAllir, 121 
McAlpine, 32, 124 
McBride, 85 
McCallow, 121 
McCardy, 148 
McCarter, 85, 121 
McCartney, 124) 
McClain, 32 
McCIean, 121 
INIcClery, 31 
McCoy. 123 
McCresh, 158 
McCurdy, 128 
McDaniel, 50 
McDonald, 31, 85. 86, 

88, 120, 121 
McDougal, 31, 8s, 86, 

120, 121, 123 
McDonough, m 
McFarland, 123 
McGregen, 87 
McGregore, 121 
McGrer, 86 
Mcintosh, 32 
Mcjarvis, 121 
McKellar, 30, 88 
McKenzie, 32 
McKindless, 87 
McKinley, 124 
McKinney, 31 
McKinzie, 121 
McKittrick, 21 
McKonnel, 86 
McKoy, 32 
McLean, 30, 32 
Mcl.eod, 121 
McKnight, 33, 86 
McMahen, 124 
McMare. 85 
McMuIing, 86 
McNal, 86 
McNathan, 123 
McNeil, 122 
McPhail, 121 
McPherson, 32, 121 
McQuinn, 88 
McVicker, 120 
Meade, 100 
Meby, 141 
Meeker, 87 
Meene, 37 

Meet, or Meets, 36, 138 
Menardt, 79 
Menthaer, 127 
Menzus, 92 
Meret, 49 
Meridet, 122 
Merrill, 116, 118 



Messerole, 49 
Mcsser\'ee, 29 
Messuer, 137 
Metselaer, 79, 132 
Meyer, or Meyers, 39, 41, 

75, 76, 84, 120, 131, 

132, 142, 173, 175, 

178, 179 
Meyert, 40 
Meynard, or Meynards, 

41 
Meynartszen, 41, 128 
Michael, 123 
Michaelje, 80, 128 
Michils, 36 

Michilszeh, 36, 37, 141 
Middleman, 87 
Miles, 133 
Miller, 26, 28, 29, 89, 92, 

120, 124 
Milliner, 84 
Mills, 9, 33. 87, 97 
Milnor, 73 
Milton, 110 
Minne, 77 

Mitchel, or Mitchell, 8s, 

88, 136, 171 
Mitchellson, 10 
Missepelt, 17s 
Moddy, 28 
Moffet, 30 
Moger, 28 
Moit, 84 
Mol, or Moll, 34, 35, 81, 

132, 142, 173 
MoncrifF, 33 
Mone, 128 
Monfoort, 65 
Monge, 177 
Monhaens, 94 
Monsee, 134 
Montagne, or Montaigne, 

36, 37, 38. 84, 176, 

179 
Montague, 92 
Montonye, 84 
Montes, 144 
Montgomery, 30, 32 
Monvielle, 35, 141 
Moodie, or Moodj', 33, 

147 

Moor, 122 

Moore, or More, s, 6, 7, 
8, 9, 10, II, 12, 30, 71, 
87, 93, 94. 95, 96. 97. 

121, 149, 182 
Moray, 84 
Morgan, 148 
Morrice, 28 

Morris, 25, 28, 106, 121, 

124, 134 
Morton, 81, 87 
Mory, 99 
Moseley, 13 
Moses, 73 
Mosman, 122 
Moston, 123 
Mott, 46, 48, 67, 134, 136, 

151, 155, 180 
Moubray, 25, 27 
Mowdy, 120 
Mo wry, 99 
Mudgen, 133 
Mulener, 32, 123 
Mulford, 8 
Muller, 81 
MuUinder, 134 
Muncken, 38 
Munro, 32, 84 
Munse, 49 
Munsell, 53, 54, 55, S6. 

57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 96, 

145 
Mureson, 25 



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Murison, 27 
Murphy, 121 
Murray, 120 
Murry, 85, 31, 50 
Muskite, 125 

Nagel, 68, 142 
Nanneever, 85 
Napoleon, 104 
Nazareth, 137, 140 
Needham, 121 
Neilson, 87 

Nelson, 103, 104, 106, 113 
Negroes, 86, 122 
Nerbery, 128 
Nessty, 50 
Newberger, 50 
Nicks, 76 
Nichols, 29, 49 
Nicholls, 117 
Nicholson, 52, 103, no 
Nickles, 27 

Nicols, 39, 45, 134, 137 
NicoU, or Nicolls, 25, 26, 

28, 154 
Nicque, 63 
Nisbet, 157 
Nissepadt, 37, 138 
Noble, 52, 86 
Noel, 8s 
Noll, 75 
Nothreys, 85 
Norris, 30 
Nostrand, 64, 67 
Norton, 26 
Norwood, 76, 88 
Noxon, 48 
Numan, 85 
Nusuol, 37 
Nys, 76 

Oakes, 29 

Oakley, 31, 88 

Obee, 143 

O' Bryan, 86, 88 

O'Callaghan, 145, 168, 

180 
Odell, II, 124 
Ogilvie, 31, 86 
Okie, 63 
Olcott, 18 
Oldfield, 136 
Olphertszen, 130, 140 
Oman, 88 
Omen, 83 

Onderdonk, 92, 181, 1S2 
Orange, 15 
Orr, 32 
Osgood, 148 
Ostrander, 68 
Othello, 109 
Otto, 127 
Outmans, 174 
Owen, 25, 26 

Packenham, 112 

Painter, 117 

Palding, 39, 141 

Palmer, 70, 71, 84, 148 

Parcel, 175 

Parent. 136 

Parker, 141 

Parkes, 87, 157 

Parr, 85 

Parsell, 31 

Parshall, 26 

Parsons, 8, 99 

Pasco, 176 

Pater, 174 

Patrick, 14, 15, 71, 72, 

169 
Patterson, 121, 147 
Paul, 123 
Paulding, 145 



Paulus, 37, 79, 173 
Pauluszen, 81, 128 
Pearsall, 89, 90, 136, 150, 

15', 154, IS5 
Pearson, 9 
Pease, 57 
Peck. 31, 84, 85 
Peeck, 36, 143 
Peers, 142 
Peerszen, 36 
Peet, 134, 135, 136 
Peirson, 26 
Pel or Pell, 39, 79, 80, 100, 

137, 141, t66, 17s 
Pels, 82, 130 
Pemberton, 177 
Peneer, 87 
Penser, 36 
Peppinger, 30 
Pepys, 102 
Pequots, li 
Persons, 177 
Peters, 91, 124 
Peterson, 47, 86, 89, 123 
Peterszen, 176 

Pettit, or Petit, 48, 134, 

135 
Petty, 24 
Petri, 84 
Pigeon, 136 
Pickman, 86 
Phanix, or Phaenix, 39, 

99, 182 
Philip, King, 8, 102 
Philips, or Phillipse, 26, 

76, 77, 80, 82, lis, 

129, 142, 156, 158 
Philipszen, 75, iis 
Pierce, 14 

Piersen, 6, 7, 8, 10, u 
Pierrepont, 5, 100 
Pieters, 34, 38, 40, 41, 76, 

125, 127, 130, 137, 

138, 139, 143, 173 
Pietersen, 76, 77, 115, 

125, 142, 161 
Pietersz, or Pieterszen, 

34, 38. 39. 139. 143. 
. 144. 177 
Pme, 133, 13s, 136, 151, 

. '.54 
Pmkins, 37 
Pinks, 54, 5S 
Pipenger, 83 
Piper, 84 
Pitkin, 54 
Piroo, 38, 141 
Place, 133. 134 
Piatt, 26, 50, 89, gi, 134 
Pleay, 137 
Plettenburg, 34, 140 
Plowman, 31, 85 
Plumb, 86 
Plume, 88 
Pluvier, or Pluviers, 47, 

77» 137 
Polly, 122 

Polhemus, 50, 63, 66 
Pool, 85 
Pope, 8s 
Popelar, 140 
Popinga, 39, 137 
Portel, 128 
Porter, 105, m, 112, 

"3 
Post, 88, 138, 172 
Potter, 83, 84 
Potwine, ii6 
Pound, 45, 46 
Powell, 29, 86, 88, 123, 

136, iSS 
Power, or Powers, 31, 121, 

124 
Poyer, 182 



Pratt, 13s 

Preble, 103, 11 1 

Prichard, 33 

Prime, 133 

Prior, 24, 171 

Provoost, 36, 38, 75, 77, 

125, 127, 128, 137, 

157. 158, 172. 173. 

175. 176, 177, 178, 

182 
Pry me, 56 
j Putnam, 30 
Puy, 38 

Quackenbosch, 75, 176, 

179 
Quarry, 122 
Queen Elizabeth, 10 
Queen Mary, 8 
Quick, 39, 40, 69, 143, 

144 

Ramage, 55 

Ramsay, 33 

Randall, 121 

Rapalje, 66,|;67, 143, 191 

Reade, 84 

Rebekah, 156 

Redfield, 119 

Reeck, 139 

Reeve, 12, 28 

Reid. 31, 61, 100 

Relick, 86 

Rembel, 76 

Remmits, 129 

Remsen, 67 

Renaudet, 51, 100 

Rendel, 126 

Renselaer, 36 

Renshaw, 122 

Replee, 178 

Rescorta, 84 

Reyers, 40 

Reynardts, 40, 144 

Reynders, 36, 137,^144 

Reyner, 135 

Reymers, 41, 138 

Reynolds, 133 

Reynour, 133 

Rhee, 131 

Rhodes, 47, 51, 91, 93 

Richbell, 180 

Richards, 55, 122 

Richardson, 25 

Richman, 84 

Riddell, or ^Riddle, 86, 

157 
Rider, 86, '99 
Riffle, 84 
Riker, or Ricker, [8, 52, 

62, 97, 122, 123 
Rilents, 83 
Ringo, 38, 137J 
Ritchey, 123 
Ritvelt, 129 
Ritzard, 127 
Roberson, 63 
Roberts, 26, 85, 122 
Robertszen, 129 
Robinson, 26, 28, 30, 51, 

85, 86, 87, 88, 98 
Rodenburg, 138 
Rodens, 36 
Roe, 25 

Roelofs, 38, 181 
Roelofse, or Roelofszen, 

160, 172 
Rogers, or Rodgers, 7, 

14, 47, 48, 49, 51, 83, 

89. 90, 99, 100, 105, 

106, III, 122 
Role, 121 
Rollegom, 131. 138, 139 



I Rombout, 35, 40, 138, 139 
Romeyn, 161 
Romme, 79 
Rommeus, 174 
Roof, 51 
Room, 141 
Rooman, 138, 177 
Roos, 39, 75, 127, 174 , 
Roosdal, 79, 17s 
Rose, 30, 121 
Rosevelt, 65, 67 
Rosell, 36 

Rosenboom, 30, 144 
Rosenvelt, 144, 174 
Ross, 30, 87, 120 
Routier, 177 
Roux, 139 

Rowland, 47, 88, 150 
Rowsby, 84 
Rufin, 86 

Rug. 39 
Ruland, 47 
Rumbout, 50 
Rumsa, 87 
Rumsey, 100, 123 
Runshaw, 88, ^ 

Rushmore, 153 
Russell, 100, 119 
Rustenburg, 141 
Rutgers, 55, 128, 137, 

172 
Rutherford, -€56, 157, 158 
Ryan, 86, 87, 121, 122, 

124 
Rycke, 172 
Ryckman, 126, 130 
Ryder, 68 
Ryker, 84 

Sackrider, 50 
Saint James, 103 
Salamander, 177 
Salamons, or Salomons, 

129, 131, 174 
Salisbury, 177 
Samiels, 41 
Sample, 86 
Sanders, 144 
Sanderson, 126, 139 
Sanford, or Santford, 100, 

132 
Santvoort, 126, 138, 144 
Sarlye, 37 
Satterly, 27, 28 
Saunders, 32, 33, 87 
Savage, 123, 180, 181 
i Saxton, 55 
Sayre, or Sayres, 9, 11, 

182 
Scadder, 48 
Sayz, 78 
Schaat, 141 
Schayck, 41 
Schemerhmn, 124 
Schenck, *3, 65, 67, 68, 

70, 160 
Schipmoes, 37, 144 
Schooley, 122 
Schotjten, 35, 36, 140 
Schrick, 85, 115, 141, 156, 

157. 158 
Schuumans, 41 
Schuurmans, 128, 139, 

142, 144 
Schuyler, 15, 36, 51, 78, 

115, 137, 142. 144 
Scot, or .Scott, 33, 87, 

121, 124. 136 
Seabury, 89, 90, 92, 182 
Seaman, or Seamans, 91,' 

1331 '34, 135. 1361 

1494 150, 151, 152, 

153, I54i I55i 156 
Searing, 136, 154 



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189 



Seattoun, 79 

Seimmoiin, 79 

Selover, Si, 175 

Selyns, 36, 175 

Seminer, 27 

Semmate, 85 

Sewall, 102 

Seward, 28 

Sevenhoven, 78 

Sexton, 27 

Seymour, 51, 116, 117, 
118, 119, 120 

Sibley, 171 

Sibouts, 76 

Siboutszen, 82 

Sickels, 29 , 

Sickelszcn, 82 

Siemon, or Symon, 31, 
152 

Siggelse, 179 

Sigourney, 51 

Sills, 89 

Simington, 107 

Simonds, 152 

Simons, 34, 144 

Simonson, 30, 130 

Simonszen, 34 

Simms, or .Sims, 57, 80, 
177 

Simmons, 149 

Simpson, 142 

Sinclair, 139 

Sinks, 52 

Sipkins, 35, 141, 176 

Skidmore, 124 

Skinner, 83, 84, 116, 117 

Slades, 137 

S lager, 41 

Slait, 133 

Slater, 84 

Slingsby, 52 

Slot, 34 

Slover, 121 

Smak, 179 

Smart, 124 

Smit, or Smith, 24, 25, 
26, 27, 28, 29. 30, 31, 
33. 47. 48, 49. 50. 51. 
52, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 
88, 89, 90, 91, 92, Q3, 
94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 
123, 124, 129, 131, 
132. 133. 134. 135, 
136, 14s, 146, 147, 
148, 149, 150, 155 

Smithson, 32 

Sneeds, 84 

Sneden, 86 

Sniden, 85 

Sniffin, 92 

Snow, 17, 140 

Somers, 113 

Soor, 37 

Soper, 88 

Sourt, 35 

Southall, 121 

Southard, 113, 136 

Soiithej', no 

Southord, 133 

Southward, 48, 93 

Southworth, -50 

Sourt, 25 

Sozard, 37 

Span, 176 

Speeding, 85 

Spencer, 81, 83, 85, 117, 
118, 120 

Spittenberry, 142 

Splinters, 179 

Spragg, or Spraggs, 133, 
154 

Sprague, 57, 58 

Spranger, or Sprenger, 
84 



Sprat,"or Spratt, 35, 47, 

49. 92. •39> '57, 158, 

172 
Springsteen, 77, 82, 176 
Sprouck, 80 
Sprong, 13s 
Schackerly, 173 
Shaal, 173 
Shaft, 50 
Sharar, 83 
Sharp, 69, 8s, 33 
Shaw, 25, 30, 83, 85, 122, 

123 
Sheepherd, 86 
Sheerwood, 32, 33, 123 
Sheldon, 62 
Shell, 31 
Shepherd,'i34 
Sherar, 86 
Shermer, 132 
Sherwood, 16 
Shoes, 134 

Shotwell, 42, 43, 43,46 
Shourt, 32, 86 
Shrieve, 51 
ShuryheurJ 89 
Squier, 56 
Stadt, 177 
Staets, 36, 37, 39, 40, 137, 

144 
Stanly, 116 
Stantely, 82 
Stanton,^ 122 
Stavan, 131 
Steel, 104 
Steems, 37 
Steendam, 159 
Stepensz, 78 
Stephens, or Stevens, 30, 

35, 39, 88, 126, 146, 

176, 179 
Stephenszen, 141, 173 
Stevense, 160, 165 
Stevenson, ico, 114, 125 
Stewart, 104, in, 112, 

113, 124 
Stiles, 62, 90, 153 
Stille, 141 
I Stirling, 158 
j Stickling, 154 
Stokes, 52 
Stol, 39 
Stone, 55 
Sloot, 86 
Stoothoff, 160 
Stout, 30 

Stoutenburg, 36, 137, 138 
Strange, 133 
Stratton, or Straton, 29, 

123 
Street, 181 
Strenglits, 126 
Strides, 177 
Striker, or Stryker, 68, 

164, 165, 166, 167 
Stringham, 47, 90, 120, 

134. 135 
Strong, 26, 28, 87 
Stuart, S6, 87, 108, 109, 

121 
Studdiford, 87 
Stulthear, 38, 143 
Sturges, 122 
Stuyvesant. 39, 72, 73, 95, 

97, 114, 127, 172, 176 
Stwiel, 80 
Sucb<ield, 8s 
Sunkam, 174 
Sullivan, 85 
Sutphen, 68f 69 
Sutton, 123, 133, 13s 
Swain, 121 
Swan, 30, 121, 127 
Swaney, 28 



Swartout, 86 

Sweedeland, 122 

Swisey, 26 

Sylla, 140 

Symon, or Siemon, 31, 

152 
Symonds, 149, 152 
Symmons, 135, 136 

Talbot, 103 

Talcot, orTalcott, 51, 116 

Talman, 83 

Tannare, 84 

Tanner, 57 

Tatcher, 17 j 

Tatham, 134 

Taylor, 12, 53, 83, 84, 86, 

122, 123, 135, 147 
Teare, 50 
Teller, 37, 40, 41, 13s, 139, 

143. 144 
Temmer, 144 
Temple, 62 
Ten Broeck, 36, 41, 173, 

179 
Ten Eyck, 34. 37, 38, 126, 

139, 140, 144, 177 
Terbus, 48 
Tergie, 32 
Terhune, 64, 65, 67, 1S9, 

160, 161, 162, 163, 

164, 165, 166, 167, 

168 
Terny, 153 
Terril, 26 
Teunis, 40 
Teuniszen, 138 
Texsel, 176 
Tham, 174 
Themmers, 38 
Theunis, 139, 143 
Theunissen, 34, 33, 132 
Theymenszen, 41 
Thibou, 174 
Thomas, 36, 37, 39, 40, 

49, 56, 60, 87, 133, 

137, 139. 140. 142, 

143. 144. 177 
Thomaszen, 35, 38, 40, 

79> 'B?. 14c. 14I1 142 

Thompson, or lomson, 

y. 25, 28, 2g, 38, 87, 121, 

^ 123, 150, 152, 170, 180 

Thorn, or Thorne, 49, 87, 

90, 91, 92, 93 
Thorncraft, or Thorny- 
craft, 133, 13s, 136 
Thorp, 170 
Thyssen, 34, 40, 138 
Thyssert, Si 
Thurston, 47, 134 
Thuyl, 80 
Thyniens, 140 
Tibout, or Tiebout, 37, 

75, 131, 160 
Tibus, 66 
Tmbrook, 86 
Titus, 5, 66, 150, 151 
Tobias, 48 
Tocker, 79 

Tod, or Todd, 83, 100 
Tol, 41 
Toliffe, 134 
Tommaso, 107 
Tooker, 26, 28 
Topping, 96 
Tory, 86 
Tothill, 143 
Totten, 134. 13S1 '36 
Toumier, 25 
Tower, 84 
Townsend, 20, 29, 73, 121, 

122, 13s, 136, 148, 

151. 155 



Towt, 86 

Trcadwell, 47, 89, go, 91, 

92, 122, 134 
Treat, 33, 83 
Trisser, 79 
True, 121 
Tnieman, 124 
Trumbcll, 108 
'J'runibull, 9 
Tucker, 25, 30, 131 
Tuder, 81 
Tuffts, 30 
'I'umeer, 87 
Turck, 40 
'J'urner, 33, 61] 
Tuttle, 55 
Tuthill, or Tuttill, 26, 28 

Uiten I'ogaert, 132 

Uitsvelt, 35 

Underbill, 15, 20, 24, 27, 

71, 121, 170, 180 
Urbanus, 140, 144 
Urchard, 120 
Urquhart, 182 
Uytenbogert, 125 

Van Alstyn, or Alstine, 
51, 136 

Van Anien, 84 

Van Arsdalen, 33, 87 

Van iJalen, 138, 143, 174 

Van liech, 156 

Van Beek, 158 

Van Beyeren, 71, 168 

Van Boeck, 140 

Van Bommel, 35, 39, 142, 
173 

Van Borsum, 36, 82, 139 

Van Bossum, 41 

Van Brakle, 31 

Van Brefoort, 78 

Van Brug, Brugge, or 
Brugh, 36, 38, 40, 52, 
"5. 127, 138, I39t 
143, 144, 181 

Van Brunt, 66 

Van Buskerk, 165 

Van Clyck, 143 

Van Clyff, 127 

Van Clyft, 76 

Van Cott, 68 

Van Cortland, or Court- 
land, 35, 36, 38, 76, 
114, 124, 126, 137, 
139. Ml, 175, 179 

Van Couwenhoven, 75, 
76, 159 

Van Curaco, 130 

Van Dalse, 179 

Van Dam, 36, 98, 143 ^ 

Van der Cleeck, 144 

Van der Clyft, 36 

Van der Beeck, 36, 123, 
132, 143, 173 

Van den Berg, or Burg, 
80, 142, 173, 177 

Van der Berg, 132 

Van der Bogaert, 35 

Van der Donck, 72, 95 

Van der Grift, or Grist, 
39. 143. 144 

Vanderheul, 34, 130, 137, 

139. 174, 175 
Vanderhoff, 86, 163, 166 
Vanderhoogen, 139 
Vanderhuydon, 81, 128 
Van der Koeck, 38, 172, 
Van der Kuyl, 38, 41 
Van der Mecr, 177 
Van der Pool, or Boel, 79, 

129, 139, 140, 142, 

173, 178 



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Van de Scheuren, 54, 82, 

127, 138, 140, 143 
Van der Schuur, 78 
Van der Spiegel, 36, 37, 

137, 143 
Van der Veen, 137, 141 
Vandervoort, 67 
Van der Vorst, 139, 142 
Van Deursen, 129 
Van de Water, 29, 37, 40, 

75. 87, 124, 140, 172, 

175, 181 
Van Duesei), 82, 125 
Van Duyn, 62, 126 
Van Dyck, Dyke, or 

Dike, 30, 35, 37, 82, 

84, 13 8, 164, 173, 174, 

179 
Van Eeckelen, 143 \ 
Van Es, 177 
Van Exveen, 176 
Van Feurden, 36, 4I, 77, 

137, 142 
Van Flensburg, 40 

Van Gelder, 39, 40, 81, 

138, 176, 179 
Van Gesel. 138 

Van Giesen, 77, 131, 138 
Van Gunst, 172 
Van Hertsbergen, 142 
Van Heyningen, 37, 40, 

41. 178 
Van Hobocken, 126 
Van Hoeck, 37, 75, 79, 

126, 141 
Van Hoesom, 176 
Van Hoogten, 34, 40 
Van Horn, Home, 

Hoorn, 52, 75, 77, 

121, 144 
Van Horen, or Hooren, 

81, 138, 176 
Van Hoven, 128, 178 
Van Huysen, 126 
Van Imburg, orlmsburg, 

36, 41, 137, 143 
Van Kleeck, 87 
Van Laer, 39, 129, 139 
Van Langedyck, 40 
Van Langevelt, 40 
Van Laren, 142 
Van Lubeck, 79 
Van Nieuwenhuystn, 81 
Van Noodt, 175 
Van Norstrant, i6i 
Van Nuyse, 63 
Van Oblinus, 75 
Van Osterliaven, reS 
Van Orden, 124 
Van Pelt, 68, 69, 122 
Van Renselaer, or Rens- 

laar, 38, 137, 144, 179 
Van Rollegom, 36, 138, 

Van Rommen, 173 

Van Sant, 64, 142 

Van Schayck, 41, 81, 8a, 

128, 141, 142, 156, 

17s 
Van Slechtenhorst, 39, 

115. 130 
Van Speyck, or Spyek, 

37, 140, 141 



Van Stoutenburg, 77 
Van Streyden, 176 
Van Stryen, 79 
Van Sychellen, 160 
Van Tienhoven, 72, 75, 

78, 82, 141, 173 
Van Tilburg, 77, 131, 138, 

139 
Van Ihuyl. 77 
Van Varick, 178 
Van Vleck, 35, 39, 129, 

137, 138, 144. 17s 
Van Vlict, 100 
Van Voorhies, 84, 124, 

160 
Van Vorst, 37, 38, 39, 41, 

126 ' — 
Van Wagenum, 178 
Van Werckhoven, 159 
Van Wilkcnhof, 81 
Van Woort, 87 
Van Worms, 79 
Van Wyck, 50, 66, 70, 

9O1 911 9a, 93> «33i 
. 134 
Van Zant, 66 
Van Zanten, "129 
Vail, 42, 44 
Valentine, or Valentyn, 

31, 127, 133, 136 ^t 
Vans, 83 
Varian, 31 
Varle. 84 
Varleth, 35 
Veal, 31 
Vechte, or Vechten, 64, 

76 
Veenvos, 140, 143 
Veet, 175 
Veil, 86 

Ver Brugge, 98 
Verdon, 126, 174 
Verduyn, 137 
Verhagen, 39 
Ver Heul, 140 
Ver Hulst, 140 
Verity, 49, 82, 93, 134, 

Ver Kercke, 144 

Verlet, or Verleth, 115, 

X41, 156, 158 
Verlith, 156 
Vermelje, 128 
Ver Meulen, 40 
Ver Plancken, 34 
Ver Schuur, 34 
Verwey, 132 
Vervelen, 81 
Vesey, 18a 
Vielen, 77 
Vile, 76 
Vilen, 143 

Vincent, 38, 41, 79, 140 
Vlierboom, 78, 128, 130 
Vlissingen, 128 
Volentine, 120, 134 
Vonck, 77 

Voorhies, 66, 162, 165 
Vredenryck, 129 
Vreelant, 163, 167. 178 
Vridenburgh, or Vreden- 

burgh, 32, 79, ib8 
Vrj-man, 75 



Waats, or Wats, 8, 25, 
89. 90, gi, 92 

Waerd, 132 

Wainwright, 123 

Wait, 55 

Walderen, 164 

Waldron, or Waldrons, 
37, 38, 40, 88, 126, 
128, 132, 137, 140, 

, '75 

Walgrave, 35 

Walgraef, 128, 173 

Walker, 32, 75 

Wallace, 87, 123 

Wallen, 132 

Walter, or Walters, 35, 
92, 135, 138, 141 

Walton, 90, 91, 92 

Wandal, 84 

W^shaef, 131, 17a 

Want, 34 

Ward, 87, 122 

Ware, 84 

Warner, 27, 3a 

Warren, 48, 129, 136 

Washburne, 150, 153 

Washington, 29, 3a, loi, 
no 

Wather, 12a h'- 

Watson, 32, 124^ ^'^'ij ' 

Weasman, 158 "Ss-'yvl 

Webb, 87, 92 -^ 

Webber, or Webbers, 32, 
79. 127. 130, 159, 176 

Webster, 56, 60 

Weecx, 127 

Weeks, 50, 135 

Wei, 130 

Welch, 85, 87 

Welling, 181 

Wells, 9, 85,'97 

Wendel, 144 

Wentworth, 166, 167 

Wesly, 108 

Wessels, 34, 35, 37, 39, 

-40, 78, 79, 87, 129, 

138, 139, 140, 142, 

143, 144, 171 

Wesselsien, 36, 38, 40, 

126, 131, 140, 143 
West, 91, 92, 108, 187 
Westcott, 152 
Westervelt, 163 
Weybrantszen, 13a 
Whaley, 9a 
Wheat, 122 

Wheeler, 71, 86, 87, 88 - 
Whetten, or Wheten, 83, 

88 
White, 25, 27, 84, 87, 100, 

121, 123, 124, 133 
Whitetield, 87 
Whitehead, 96 
Whityre, 25 
Wickeuham, 72 
Wickham, 124 
Wier, or Wiat, 153 
Wiggins, go, 125 
Wilcocks, 122 
Wiley, 120, 121 
WilkenhofF, 175 
WiUemyns, 37 
Willemsz, 13S 



Willeny, 143 

Willets, or Willet, vj, 28, 

29, 123, 178 
Willems, 34, 37, 138, 149 
Williams, 30, 44, 85, 99, 

100, 119, 133, 137 
Williamson, or Williams- 

2en, 69, 77, 138, 139, 
„., ?40, 173 
Willis, 26, 29, 150, 151, 

153 
Wilsey, 48, 80 
Wilson, 69, 83, S4, 86, 87, 

loi, 121, 123, 134, 

. ''♦5 
Wiltse, 151 
Wingfield, 85 
Winnet, 131 
Winnt, 141 
Winslow, 99 
Winter, 87 
Winthorp, 12, 14, 17, 18, 

ao. 24, 28, 30, 171 
Wise, 85 
Witsvelt, 143 ' 

Witt, t22 

Wodal, as 

Woeder, 173 

Woedert, 126 

WoUey, 47 

Wols. 174 

Wolsing, 148 

Wood, 25, 27. 29, 40, 49, 

50, 92, 93, 97, 121, - 

122, 133, 13s 
Woodbridge, n8 
Woodent, 128 
Woodford, 82 
Woodhull, 26, 27 
Woodruff, 86 
Wool, 122, 124 
Woolsey, 32 
Wooly, 135 
Woortman, 83 
Worden, 133 
Wright, 29, 49, 85, 86, 87, 

123, i25i 13s. 170, 
171 

Wrightman, 86 
Wyandank. ii • 
Wyatt, 8 

Wyckoff, 65, 68, i6t, 164 
VVyley, 123 
Wylley, 84 
Wynantszen, 142 
Wynhouts, 77 
Wynkoop, 130 

Yarrow, 134 

Vates, 'o, 169 

Ycomans, 134 

Yelx, 75 

York, 86 

Young, 47, 83, 87 

Youngs, 49, 117, 123, 134, 

136, 149 
Ysbrants, 141 

Zabriskie, 162, 163, 165. 

187 
Zeller, 158 
Zenger, 98 
Zip, 142 



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1. Sketch ok the Life of Rev. John Moore of Newtow.v By Charles 

B. Moore, Esq , i 

2. Genealogical Fragments. Feake. By J. J. Latting, ... 8 

3. Abstracts of Brookhaven (L. L) Wills on Recoid in the Surrogate's 

Office at New York. By Joseph H. Petty, .... 20 

4. Records of the First Presbyterian Church of the City of New 

York. Birth and Baptisms, . 25 

5. Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York. 

Baptisms, 30 

6. Records of Rahway and Plainfield (N. J.) Monthly Meetings of 

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8. Notes and Queries. — Renaudet. — Schuyler. — Van Alstine — Kidd. — Sey- 

mour. — Shrieve — Noble. — Van Brugh. — History of Harlem. — Van Horn, 47, 48 

9. Notes on Books. — Report f the Operations of the Nusmi.smatic and 

Antiquarian Society of Phila. for 1878-1879. — Report and Collections of the 
Nova Scotia Historical Society for 1S78, vol. L — The Family of Coghill, 
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President, 
Gen. GEORGE S. GREENE. 
First Vice-President^ Second Vice-President, 

HENRY T. DROWNE. ELLSWORTH ELIOT. 

Corresponding Secretary^ Recording Secretary, 

CHARLES B. MOORE. FREDERICK D. THOMPSON. 

Treasurer, Librarian, 

RUFUS KING. SAMUEL BURHANS, Jr. 

Registrar of Pedigrees, 
JOSEPH O. BROWN. 

Executive Conunittee, 
GERRIT H. VAN WAGENEN, ELLSWORTH ELIOT, 

GEORGE H. BUTLER, EDMUND ABDY HURRY. 

Committee on Biographical Bibliography, 

CHAS. B. MOORE, DAVID P. HOLTON. WM. F. Hol.COMBE. 

Trustees : 

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DAVID P, HOLTON, SAMUEL S. PURPLE, Gen, GEORGE S, GREENE, 

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PACK 

1. A Mkmoriai, Sketch of Joel Munsell, Printer and Publisher. By 

John J. L.^tting, Esq. Willi Portrait, 53 

2. Contributions to the History ok the Early Settlers of Kings 

County, N. Y. By Tennis G. Bergen. The Duryea Family, . 62 

3. Genealogical Fragments. By J. J. Latting, Esq. Feake, . . 70 

4. Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York. 

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City of New Vork. Marriages — 1756-1761, ..... 83 

6. Records of St. George's Church, Hempstead L, L Communicated by 

Benjamin D. Hicks, Esq .Baptisms . 88 

7. Sketch ok the Like of the Rev. John Moore of Newtown. \\\ 

Charles B. Moore, Esq , 93 

8. Communication. — Colonial Family of Smith, ...... 98 

9. Notes on Books — The Archives of the Briggs Family. — Descendants of 

Nathaniel Mowry of Rhode Island. — A Family History, — Richard Mowry 
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each month (excepting July, August and September), at half-past seven o'clock p. M., 
at the MoTT Memorial Hall, 64 Madison Avenue, New York. At the meeting on the 
second Friday, ]iapers will be read or addresses delivered. The meeting on the 
fourth Friday will be of a business and conversational character. 'I'hese meetings 
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OFFICERS OF THF SOCIKTY FOR THF YEAR 1880. 

President, 

Gen. GEORGE S. GREENE. 

First Vice-President^ Second J'lce- President, 

HENRY T. DROWNE. ELLSWORTH ELIOT. 

Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, 

CHARLES B. MOORE. FREDERICK D. THOMPSON. 

Treastirer, Librarian, 

RUFUS KING. SAMUEL BURHANS, Jr. 

Registrar of Pedigrees, 
JOSEPH O. BROWN. 

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GERRIT H. VAN WAGENEN, ELLSWORTH ELIOT, 

GEORGE H. BUTLER, EDMUND ABDY HURRY. 

Committee on Biographical Bibliography, 

CHAS. B. MOORE, DAVID P. HOLTON. WM. F. HOLCOMBE. 

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DAVID P HOLTON, SAMUEL S. PURPLE, Gen. GEORGE S. GREENE, 

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connected with the State of New York. 

Its object is to gather, and to preserve in an enduring 
form, the scattered records of the early settlers and residents 
of the Colony of the New Netherland, and the Province and 
State of New York ; to perpetuate their honored names, and 
to trace out and preserve the genealogies and pedigrees of 
their families. The pages of The Record are devoted to 
the following subjects, and contributions of such materials are 
invited : 

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State of New York ; Family Genealogies ; Copies of Ancient 
Church, Town, and State Records, and Inscriptions on Tomb- 
stones ; Pedigrees, and Ancient Wills ; Essays on Historical 
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1. Commodore Hull and the Constitution. By James Grant Wilson. ioi 

2. Jay and Livingston Pedigree. Communicated by Miss Elizabeth 

Clarkson Jay, 114 

3. Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Seymour, of Hartford, 

Ct., 1705-1767. By Miss Mary K. Talcott, 116 

4. Records of the First and Second Presbyterian Churches of the 

City of New York. Marriages — 1756- , . . . . " 120 

5. Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York. 

Marriages. Continued from Vol. XL, p. 82, of The Record, . . 125 

6. Records of St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. I., from June 5, 1725. 

Marriages. Communicated by Benjamin D. Hicks, Esq., . . 133 

7. Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of Ne\v 

York. Baptisms. Continued from Vol. XL, p. 41, of The Record, 137 

8. Notes and Queries. — Biography of Commodore Hull. — Munsell. — Smith. 

— Smith. — Het, 145 

9. Notes on Books. — History of the Administration of John De Witt. — The 

Descendants, by the Female Branches, of Joseph Loomis. — Lady Deborah 
Moody, ............. 147 

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From Lieut. A. D. Schenck, U. S. A. : — Army Register, U. .S. A., January, 1878. .Army Register U. S. 
A., January, 1S79. Report of Chief of Ordnance, 3 vols., i873-'7S,-'76. Report of Secretary of War, 
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New York Genealogical & Biographical Society. 



OBJECT. 



The object of this Society is to collect and preserve (ako to publish, as far as prac- 
ticable), Genealogical, Biographical and Historical matter relating, for the most part, 
though not exclusively, to the State of New York. 

LIBRARY. 

A library has been commenced, and now contains many volumes of great value to the 
genealogical student ; which, by donation, exchange and otherwise, is steadily increasing. 

MEETINGS. 

The stated meetings of the Society are held on the second and fourth Friday of 
each month ^excei^ting July, August and September), at half-past seven o'clock p. M., 
at the MoTT Memorial Hall, 64 Madison Avenue, New York. At the meeting on the 
second Friday, papers will be read or addresses delivered. The meeting on the 
fourth Friday will be of a business and conversational character. These meetings 
are open to the public. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Membership. — For admission to the Society, the candidate must be nominated by a 
member, in writing ; be approved and voted in at a regular meeting. The initiation fee 
is Five dollars, and Resident Membership requires the payment, annually, of P'lVE dol- 
lars. The Life membership fee (in lieu of all annual assessments) is Fifty dollars. The 
Clerks of the several Counties and Towns of the State are members of this Society 
ex-officio. 



OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1880. 

P7'esident, 
Gex. GEORGE S. GREENE. 
First Vice-President, Second Vice-President, 

HENRY T. DROWNE. ELLSWORTH ELIOT. 



Corresponding Secretary, 
CHARLES B. MOORE. 

Treasurer, 

rufus king. 



Recording Secretary, 
FREDERICK D. THOMPSON. 

Librarian, 
SAMUEL BURHANS, Jr. 



Registrar of Pedigrees, 
JOSEPH O. BROWN. 

Executive Conunittee, 
GERRIT H. VAN WAGENEN, ELLSWORTH ELIOT, 

GEORGE H. BUTLER, EDMUND ABDY HURRY. 



.Committee on Biographical Bibliography, 



CHAS. B. MOORE, 



Term ExrntES iSSi. 

DAVID P. HOLTON, 
JOHN J. LATTING, 
CHARLES B MOORE, 



DAVID P. HOLTON. 

Trustees : 

Term Expires, 1882. 
SAMUEL S. PURPLE, 
EDWARD F, De LANCEY, 
JOSEPH 0, BROWN, 



WM. F. HOLCOMBE. 



Term Expires 18S3. 
Gen. GEORGE S. GREENE, 
HENRY T. DROWNE, 
RUPUS KING. 



2 PER ANNUM. 



Vol. XI. ,, No. 4. 

f 

THE NEW YORK 
Genealogical and Biographical 

Record. 



Devoted to the Interests of A m e r i c a n 
Genealogy and Biography. 



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ISSUED QUARTERLY 




October, 1880. 



PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY, 

MOTT Memorial Hall, No. 64 Madison Avenue, 
New York City. 



The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. 



Publication Committee : 

SAMUEL S. PURPLE. CHARLES B. MOORE. JOHN J. LATTING. 

BEVERLEY R. BETTS. 



OCTOBER, 1880.— CONTENTS. 



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1. Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of Cai'T. John Seaman, ok 

Hempstead, L. I. By Charles B. Moore 149 

2. Clarkson and Rutherfurd Pedigree. Communicated by Elizabeth 

Clarkson Jay 156 

3. Contributions to the History of the Early Settlers of Kings 

County, N. Y.— Terhune Family. Bv Teunis (i. Bergen . . 159 

4. Genealogical Fragments. — The Feake and Frost Families. By John J. 

Latting. ............ 168 

5. Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York. 

Marriages. . . .172 

6. Notes and Queries. — Emer.son, 180. — Drovvne, 180. — Mott, of Cow Neck, 

L. I., 180.— Street, 181.— Van Brug, 181.— West 181 

7. Notes on Books. — The Annals of Hempstead, 1643, 1832,181. — Antiquities 
' - ^ of the Parish Chm'ch, Hempstead, 181. — Antiquities of the Parish Church, 

Jamaica,^-I.8j. — History of the Adams and Hasting Families, 182. — Copy 

of the Poll Lists, 1761, 1768, 1769 182 



The Record will be found on sale at Mott Memorial 
Hall, 64 Madison Avenue, and at the Book Store of E. W. Nash, 
No. 80 Nassau Street, New York. Vol. I., with Index, price, 
One Dollar; subsequent Vols., with Index, Two Dollars each. 
Subscription, Two Dollars per Year. 

Payments for subscriptions should be sent to RUFUS KiNG, 
Treasurer, No. 64 Madison Avenue, New York City. 

WAI^NING TO THE PUBLIC. 

The New York Genealogical and Biographical 
Society hereb}^ cautions the Public in general, and all Literary 
and Historical Societies throughout the Country, against any and 
all persons professing to print or publish biographies or genealogies 
for money, under the name of "The Genealogical Society," 
" The N. Y. Genealogical Society," " Society of Genealogy," or any 
other similar name liable to be understood as that of this Corpora- 
tion, or soliciting information for such purposes, as certain unprin- 
cipled persons have been and are now doing in different States, 
Cities, and Towns, personally and by letter. This Society does 
nothing of the kind. Its Magazine, the " New York Genealogical 
and Biographical Record," is its only publication, and articles 
are furnished freely by its contributors. 



Early Settlers 



KINGS COUNTY, L, I. 



The undersigned has ready for the press, and will 
soon publish, in a small edition, a 

REGISTER 



rLarly Settlers and rreeholders 

In Kings County^ N. V., 

From its first settlement by Europeans, to 1 700 ; with 
biographical notices and family genealogies. It will lorm 
an octavo volume of about 500 pages, well printed and 
bound, and the price will be Three Dollars. All who 
wish copies should send their names, without dela\', to 
George Hannah, Librarian L. I. Historical Society, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., or to 



TEUNIS G. BERGEN, 

BAY RIDGE, L. I., N. Y. 
October 25, 1880. 



New York Genealogical & Biographica! Society. 



OBJECT. 



The object of this Society is to collect and preserve (also to publish, as far as prac- 
ticable), Genealogical, Biographical and Historical matter relating, for the most part, 
though not exclusively, to the State of New York. 

LIBRARY. 

A library has been commenced, and now contains many volumes of great value to the 
genealogical student ; which, by donation, exchange and otherwise, is steadily increasing. 

MEETINGS. 

The stated meetings of the Society are held on the second and fourth Friday of 
each month (^excepting July, August and September), at half-past seven o'clock p. M., 
at the MoTT Memoriai- Hall, 64 Madison Avenue, New York. At the meeting on the 
second Friday, papers will be read or addresses delivered. The meeting on the 
foiirth Friday will be of a business and conversational character. These meetings 
are open to the public. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Membership. — For admission to the Society, the candidate must be nominated by a 
member, in writing ; be approved and voted in at a regular meeting. The initiation fee 
is Five dollars, and Resident Membership requires the payment, annually, of Five dol- 
lars. The Life membership fee (in lieu of all annual assessments) is Fifty dollars. Tlie 
Clerks of the several Counties and Towns of the State are members of this Society 
ex -officio. 



OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1880. 

Pf-esident, 
Gen. GEORGE S. GREENE. 

Second Vice- President, 
ELLSWORTH ELIOT. 



First Vice-President^ 
HENRY T. DROWNF. 



MOORE. 



i reasiirer. 



Recording Secretary, 
FREDERICK D. THOMPSON. 

Librarian, 
SAMUEL BURHANS, Jr. 



Registrar of Pedigrees, 
JOSEPH O. BROWN. 

Executive Cointiiittee, 
GERRIT H. VAN WAGENEN, ELLSWORTH ELIOT, 

GEORGE H. BUTLER, EDMUND ABDY HURRY. 

Committee on Biographical Bibliography, 



CHAS. B. MOORE, 



Term Exj-ires i88i. 
DAVID P, HOLTON, 
JOHN J. LATTDTG, 
CHARLES B MOOEE. 



DAVID P. HOLTON. 

Trustees : 

Term Expires, 1882. 
SAMUEL S. PURPLE, 
EDWARD P. De LANCEY, 
JOSEPH 0. BROWU, 



WM. F. HOLCOMBE. 



Term Expires 1883. 
Gen. GEORGE S. GREENE, 
HENRY T. DROWNE, 
RUPUS KING. 









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